Monroe Street East Historic District

Monroe Street East Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The Church of God and Saints of Christ, a core part of the district
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Location	12th and Byron Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates	40°4′12″N 80°43′9″W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1837
Architect	Klieves, Kraft & Co.; Wells, E.W.
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Other, Romanesque, Romano-Tuscan
NRHP reference No.	80004036[1]
Added to NRHP	February 12, 1980

Monroe Street East Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district encompasses six contributing buildings. They are a Greek Revival style church built in 1837, a Roman-Tuscan style dwelling dated to 1852 and known as the Paxton-Reed House, and an eclectic 1881 dwelling. Also in the district is a Richardsonian Romanesque style apartment building (c. 1892) and a set of vernacular post-American Civil War townhouses.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 1999, the district was encompassed by the East Wheeling Historic District.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Beverly B. Fluty (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Monroe Street East Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 1, 2011.

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-200, "Paxton-Reed House, 100 Twelfth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV", 7 photos, 1 color transparency, 6 data pages, 2 photo caption pages