Major Samuel McColloch's Monument, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Scene of McColloch's leap. At the top of Wheeling Hill on the National Highway is this monument in honor to Samuel McColloch who, in September 1777 during an assault on Fort Henry, escaped from the Indians by leaping from this point of the hill side into the creek far below, hence the monument to his memory.
Caption on postcard reads: "Ebenezer Zane's Old Log Cabin. The first building erected in Wheeling built in 1769, torn down 1908. This is the cabin to which Elizabeth Zane made her heroic dash for powder during the siege of Ft. Henry by the British and Indians."
Corner of 11th and Market Streets, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
This photograph shows the old Market Auditorium which is now a pedestrian plaza. The building with the Raus Drugs sign is still standing. It's address is 1107 Market Street - the Alfred Egeter Building (ca. 1895) a Neo-Classical Revival/Romanesque stone commercial structure (Franzheim, Giesey & Faris, Architechts).
Market Street Looking North at the Intersection of 14th Street, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
This photograph shows the Hub Department Store (which is now a parking lot) and a building to its South which once housed various commercial establishments (including Star Tailors). This site is currently a parking lot for the 7 Eleven store. Looking northwest, the building across the street from the Hub building has been demolished and is now the site of the contemporary WesBanco headquarters. The first horse-drawn street cars in Wheeling began operating in 1866. In the mid-1870's, the Wheeling and Elm Grove railroad ran horse-drawn lines connecting Wheeling and its suburbs. Wheeling became the third city in the United States to have electric streetcars in 1887. The interurban lines were switched to electricity in 1898. Despite easy access to the city, Wheeling's suburbs remained relatively small until 1890, when tremendous growth began. By 1906 the Wheeling and Elm Grove Railroad had 4-5 miles of track and 94 cars, making it the largest streetcar system in West Virginia, with service extending across the Pennsylvania line to West Alexander. The last streetcar to run in Wheeling (from areas along the National Road) was in 1948, although limited bus service continued for some years to the outlying towns. (Historic and Architectural Resources along the National Road in Ohio County, West Virginia - National Register Nomination)
Market Street Looking West Down 14th Street, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
This photograph prominently features the Reilly building - now the site of the modern headquarters of WesBanco. A prominent citizen with offices in this building was Millard F. Giesey (September 9, 1856 - December 22, 1931), a renowned architect. After five years of local study and apprenticeship, Giesey opened his office in 1886. For several years he was located in the Reilly Building at the corner of 14th and Market Streets in downtown Wheeling. Giesey practiced with Edward Bates Franzheim and sometimes Frederic F. Faris, a partnership which led the profession in West Virginia. During the 1890s, Giesey designed the Pocahontas County Court House, the Towers School in Clarksburg, and Ladies Hall, which is now Agnes Howard Hall, at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon. In July 1899, he formed his partnership with Faris, and they maintained offices in Masonic Temple Building in Wheeling. One of the most famous designs by Giesey and Faris was the West Virginia Building, of Neoclassical Revival design, at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. Several of Giesey's buildings have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail, the L. S. Good House in Wheeling, the War Memorial Building in Wetzel County, the Fayette County Court House, and the Warwood Fire Station. (WV Encyclopedia).
