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Located at 16th and Chapline Streets, this structure was built ca. 1870 to entice the state government to move the capital back to Wheeling. It worked, but only for approximately ten years when the capital was once again shifted to Charleston. The building was subsequently used for city and county governments and torn down in 1950.

121. Old State Capitol & City-County Building, Wheeling, W. Va.

Drawing of State Capitoal building.  'This Capitol Building, later destroyed by fire, was used from May 1, 1885 to January 3, 1921.'

122. Old State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

Crowd watches as flames erupt in the tower of the old capitol building.

123. Old State Capitol Building on Fire in Charleston, W. Va.

Men lean against a fence to look at the ruins of the Capitol Building.

124. Old State Capitol Building After the Fire, Charleston, W. Va.

View of the burned out windows and broken walls of the Capitol building after the fire of 1921.

125. Old State Capitol Building After the Fire, Charleston, W. Va.

Firefighters attempt to put out the fire in the Capitol building in Charleston, W. Va.

126. Old State Capitol Building on Fire in Charleston, W. Va.

'Old St. John's Church consecrated 1837. Located on Virginia St., Charleston, W. Va.'

127. St. John's Church, Charleston, W. Va.

'Consecrated in 1837. Located on Virginia St., Charleston, W. Va.'

128. Interior of St. John's Church, Charleston, W. Va.

Exterior of the Old St. John's Church in Charleston, W. Va.

129. St. John's Church, Charleston, W. Va.

Drawing of soldiers and wagon trains crossing the Potomac in this sketch by A. Lumley.

130. Trains Crossing the Potomac

A sketch of a camp of the Tenth Indiana Regiment at Bellaire, Ohio.

131. Camp of the Tenth Indiana Regiment at Bellaire, Ohio

The Thirteenth Massachusetts and Twelfth Indiana Regiments crossing the Potomac  sketched by Thomas Nast.

132. Thirteenth Massachusetts and Twelfth Regiments Crossing the Potomac