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United States historic place
Center Wheeling Market
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Center Wheeling Market in 2010.
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LocationMarket St. between 22nd and 23rd Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates40°3′32″N 80°43′27″W / 40.05889°N 80.72417°W / 40.05889; -80.72417
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1853; 171 years ago (1853)
ArchitectPope, Thomas; Franzheim, Edward B.
Architectural styleRomanesque, Neo-Classical
NRHP reference No.75001896
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 1975

The Center Wheeling Market is a historic public market located along Market Street between 22nd and 23rd Streets in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It consists of the Center Wheeling Market building as well as the Center Wheeling Fish Market. The 1853 Center Wheeling Market building was designed by architect Thomas Pope as an open market. The building is of neo-classical style with three bays and structural cast iron Doric order columns. It has a gable roof and features a belfry complete with bell. The 1890 open brick, neo-Romanesque section was designed by Wheeling architect Edward B. Franzheim. It has brick piers that support a hipped roof with cross gables and a three-foot overhang. In 1900, a wooden enclosure was built at the northern bay to house the Center Wheeling Fish Market.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for Ohio County on February 20, 1975. The property is also located in the Centre Market Square Historic District.

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  • Center Wheeling Fish Market in 1977 Center Wheeling Fish Market in 1977

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Friends of Wheeling/City of Wheeling, and James E. Harding (March 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Center Wheeling Market" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-29.

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio County, West Virginia and List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
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