Cathedral Parish School, also known as Wheeling Catholic Elementary and Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Chancery, was a historic elementary school building located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1896–1897, to service the St. Joseph Cathedral parish. A gymnasium addition was built in 1939. It is a three-story brick building, with an elevated first floor. It sits on a sandstone base. It features a center square tower with a pyramidal roof and Late Gothic Revival details.[2]
Cathedral Parish School | |
 Cathedral Parish School in 2023 | |
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| Location | Junction of 14th and Byron Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 40°3′59″N 80°43′10″W / 40.06639°N 80.71944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1896 |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 96001572[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 9, 1997 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It is located in the East Wheeling Historic District.[1]
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Cathedral Parish School (1920s) -
During renovation
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Katherine Jourdan (August 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cathedral Parish School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
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