Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station | |
 West Virginia Northern Community College | |
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| Location | Wheeling, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 40°3′48″N 80°43′18″W / 40.06333°N 80.72167°W |
| Built | 1908 |
| Architect | M.A. Long |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002596[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 26, 1979 |
Wheeling station is a U.S. historic train station located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907–1908, and is a four-story, rectangular brick and limestone building in the Beaux-Arts-style. It measures 250 feet long by 89 feet, 6 inches, deep. It features mansard roofs, built of concrete and covered with Spanish tile painted pink. Passenger service ceased in 1961. The building was remodeled in 1976 to house the West Virginia Northern Community College.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 as the Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station.[1]
Gallery
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B & O Passenger Station at Wheeling (ca. 1913)
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Beverly B. Fluty (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
See also
- List of historic sites in Ohio County, West Virginia
- List of Registered Historic Places in West Virginia
| Preceding station | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | Following station | ||
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| Benwood Junction toward Cincinnati
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Cincinnati – Pittsburgh | Elm Grove toward Pittsburgh
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| Benwood Junction toward Cleveland
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Cleveland – Akron – Wheeling | Terminus | ||
| Benwood Junction toward Kenova
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Kenova – Wheeling | |||
| Terminus | Wheeling – Grafton | Benwood Junction toward Grafton
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