Cathedral Parish School
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Cathedral Parish School | |
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 |
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]
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)
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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 August 29, 2011.
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Categories:
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Wheeling, West Virginia
- Landmarks in West Virginia
- Gothic Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Schools in Ohio County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Wheeling, West Virginia
- School buildings completed in 1897
- Catholic schools in West Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in West Virginia
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
- 1896 establishments in West Virginia
- Northern Panhandle Registered Historic Place stubs