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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.

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

IDNO:
005557
Title:
Old State Capitol & City-County Building, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1875
Description:
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.

2. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson

IDNO:
029235
Title:
Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson

3. Visitors at Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson's Grave

IDNO:
029274
Title:
Visitors at Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson's Grave
'Section of log taken from cabin built in the present city of Clarksburg, near the southeast corner of the Main St. at the intersection of East Main St. & Monticello Ave. bridge over Elk Creek. The original size of the cabin was 18 feet x 20 feet. Building was demolished May 1933 in preparing for construction of a filling station. Following names and items are carved into surface of log: WM Lowther; Jess Hughes; El Hughes; J. Ratcliffe; Jon Merrick; Jake Eib; Soth Hickman; John Hacker; Cole B. Rowen; J.G. Jackson; Masonic Emblem--killed this day Sept. 3, 1787; Jno Bennet (Bonnet). The original section of log is now preserved in the Public Library at Clarksburg, West Virginia.'

4. Log from Cabin in Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
029300
Title:
Log from Cabin in Clarksburg, W. Va.
Description:
'Section of log taken from cabin built in the present city of Clarksburg, near the southeast corner of the Main St. at the intersection of East Main St. & Monticello Ave. bridge over Elk Creek. The original size of the cabin was 18 feet x 20 feet. Building was demolished May 1933 in preparing for construction of a filling station. Following names and items are carved into surface of log: WM Lowther; Jess Hughes; El Hughes; J. Ratcliffe; Jon Merrick; Jake Eib; Soth Hickman; John Hacker; Cole B. Rowen; J.G. Jackson; Masonic Emblem--killed this day Sept. 3, 1787; Jno Bennet (Bonnet). The original section of log is now preserved in the Public Library at Clarksburg, West Virginia.'
'Edward John Jackson, son of David E. & Juliet Jackson, born July 31, 1810, died Dec. 8, 1896--the famous 'Ned'.'

5. Edward John Jackson

IDNO:
029303
Title:
Edward John Jackson
Description:
'Edward John Jackson, son of David E. & Juliet Jackson, born July 31, 1810, died Dec. 8, 1896--the famous 'Ned'.'
Published by S. Spencer Moore & Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

6. Kanawha Falls on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, W. Va.

IDNO:
042047
Title:
Kanawha Falls on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1914
Description:
Published by S. Spencer Moore & Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)