Wellsburg Wharf is a historic wharf located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. The public wharf was built in 1836 on the Ohio River. The site consists of remains of the wharf and the foundations of two warehouses. The wharf remains consist of cobblestones along the riverbank. One of the warehouses was built by Danforth Brown.[2]
Wellsburg Wharf | |
 Wellsburg Wharf, April 2011 | |
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| Location | 6th and Main Sts, Wellsburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 40°16′9″N 80°36′52″W / 40.26917°N 80.61444°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1836 |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002572 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 27, 1979 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Rodney S. Collins (July 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wellsburg Wharf" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.