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Wheeling Island Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Wheeling Island, December 2006
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Location	Roughly bounded by Stone, Front, North, Ontario, Erie and Wabash Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates	40°4′17″N 80°43′57″W / 40.07139°N 80.73250°W / 40.07139; -80.73250
Area	370 acres (150 ha)
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Italianate, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	92000320
Added to NRHP	April 2, 1992

Wheeling Island Historic District is a national historic district located on Wheeling Island in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district includes 1,110 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects. It is a largely residential district consisting of two-story, frame detached dwellings built in the mid- to late-19th and early-20th century, including the Irwin-Brues House (1853) and a number of houses on Zane Street. The houses are representative of a number of popular architectural styles including Bungalow, Italianate, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival. Notable non-residential contributing properties include the Exposition Building (1924), Thompson United Methodist Church (1913–1915), Madison School (1916), firehouse (1930–1931), the Bridgeport Bridge (1893), the Aetnaville Bridge (1891), "The Marina," Wheeling Island Baseball Park, and "Belle Island Park." It includes the separately listed Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Harry C. and Jessie F. Franzheim House, and John McLure House.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Patricia A. Sands (September 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wheeling Island Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 1, 2011.

External links

All of the following are located in Wheeling, Ohio County, WV:

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-183, "Irwin-Brues House, 201 North Front Street", 7 photos, 8 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. WV-271, "174 Zane Street (House)", 10 photos, 4 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
• HABS No. WV-272, "176 Zane Street (House)", 6 photos, 4 data pages, 4 photo caption pages
• HABS No. WV-273, "178 Zane Street (House)", 5 photos, 4 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
• HABS No. WV-274, "180 Zane Street (House)", 6 photos, 5 data pages, 4 photo caption pages
• HABS No. WV-275, "182 Zane Street (House)", 9 photos, 5 data pages, 5 photo caption pages
• HABS No. WV-276, "184 Zane Street (House)", 7 photos, 5 data pages, 4 photo caption pages
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-2, "Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S. Route 40", 56 photos, 10 color transparencies, 4 measured drawings, 31 data pages, 5 photo caption pages
• HAER No. WV-25, "Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40", 28 photos, 3 measured drawings, 2 data pages, 6 photo caption pages

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Ohio County, West Virginia
National Historic Landmarks	West Virginia Independence Hall Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Historic districts	Center Market Square Chapline Street Row East Wheeling Highland Park Monroe Street East National Road Corridor North Wheeling Wheeling Wheeling Island Wheeling Warehouse Woodsdale–Edgewood Neighborhood
Other properties	Beagle Hotel Carter Farm Cathedral Parish School Center Wheeling Market Edemar Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge Elm Hill Feay Inn Fischer-Lasch Farmhouse Harry C. and Jessie F. Franzheim House L. S. Good House Robert W. Hazlett House La Belle Iron Works Lang-Hess House Henry K. List House Johnson Camden McKinley House John McLure House Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy Mount Saint Joseph National Road Mile Markers H. C. Ogden House Oglebay Mansion Museum Charles W. Russell House Shaw Hall Shepherd Hall Shotwell Hall David Stewart Farm Stone Tavern at Roney's Point William Miles Tiernan House Warwood Fire Station West Liberty Presbyterian Church Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station Wheeling Country Club Woodridge Robert C. Woods House
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio County, West Virginia and List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia

• National Register of Historic Places in Wheeling, West Virginia
• Historic districts in Wheeling, West Virginia
• Italianate architecture in West Virginia
• Queen Anne architecture in West Virginia
• Bungalow architecture in West Virginia
• American Craftsman architecture in West Virginia
• Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia