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Notable non-residential buildings include St. Joseph Cathedral (1926), former Hazel Atlas Company building (now West Virginia Northern Community College), Scottish Rite Temple designed by noted Wheeling architect Frederick F. Faris (1870-1927), Elks Building, and YMCA (1906), also designed by Faris. The contributing site is Elk Playground.
The National Road Corridor Historic District is a historic district in eastern Wheeling, West Virginia. The district encompasses a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) section of the National Road from Park View Lane to Bethany Pike. A primarily residential area, the district includes the homes of some of Wheeling's wealthiest residents of the late 19th century ...
The world's largest Scottish Rite building; a Gothic structure that an international association of architects once labeled "one of the seven most beautiful buildings in the world." [63] 8: Murat Shrine: 1909 built Indianapolis, Indiana: the largest Shrine Temple in the United States 9: F. & A.M. Tuscan Lodge No. 143: 1913 built 2020 NRHP-listed
Scottish Rite Cathedral, 83 14th St, Wheeling, West Virginia (1916) [23] Triadelphia High School (former), [ b ] 1636 National Rd, Wheeling, West Virginia (1917–19) [ 11 ] Shaw Hall , West Liberty University , West Liberty, West Virginia (1919–20, NRHP 1996) [ 24 ]
Joseph Speidel & Company Building; Two views of Charles Bates' National Bank of West Virginia, later home to the W.M. Marsh Drug Company, built 1914-15 in the Wheeling Central Business District. At left is the original structure as depicted in a postcard ca. 1915, and at right is the building in 2016, shorn of its elaborate entablature.
The building was constructed by the Corning Building Company in 1919-1920 and remains intact on the exterior. It was built by the Masonic Order of Corning on property purchased from the Walker estate.
Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave ...
The district includes the original farmhouse, known as the Pryor-Wilson House, built about 1852 with additions and modifications through 1922. The district boundaries encompass an area that once included a stone entrance and two homes designed by noted Wheeling architect Frederick F. Faris (1870-1927). The residents of Highland Park were ...