Monroe Street East Historic District | |
![]() The Church of God and Saints of Christ, a core part of the district | |
Location | 12th and Byron Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 40°4′12″N 80°43′9″W / 40.07000°N 80.71917°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]