Public+Buildings

toc =Churches, Hospitals, Libraries, Schools, Parks, Civic Buildings= Every community has a variety of buildings and spaces to serve a broad public rather than just a single family or company.

Religious Building
Mount Carmel Monastery Church of God & Saints of Christ [|Church of the Living Word] Christ Methodist Church Edgewood Lutheran Church 18th St Chapel English Lutheran Church First Baptist Church [|First Christian Church] First Presbyterian Church Fourth Street Methodist Church Old Stone Church Our Lady of Perpetual Help Ukranian Catholic Church St John Greek Orthodox Church St John's Evangelical Protestant Church St James Catholic Cathedral (probably never existed - an incorrect name in References:Pyne; see [|St Joseph Cathedral]) St James Evangelical Lutheran Church [|St Joseph Cathedral] St Mark's Lutherian Church - site originally occupied by an Indian mound according to Meier, p 2. St Matthews Church St. Matthew's Episcopal Church - old St Michael's Church Scottish Rite Temple Second Presbyterian Church now Wheeling Christian Church Thomson Church Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church

Cemeteries
The Wheeling Area Genealogical Society and Ohio County Gen Web has an excellent [|page] on local cemeteries! [|Greenwood Cemetery] 1526 National Rd (Oakmont). [|More] Manchester Cemetery - Rock Point Road Mount de Chantal Cemetery - northwest of main building Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Stone Church Road Peninsula cemetery In 1964, bodies from part of Peninsula Cemetery were moved to Mt. Zion Cemetery to make room for the I-70 Wheeling Tunnel road. Wood Cemetery

Hospitals
North Wheeling Hospital Ohio Valley Medical Center City Hospital (on site of Ohio Valley Medical Center) Wheeling Hospital The original one on 15th St.

Schools
WV Division of Culture and History has a small online [|collection] of early photos of Wheeling schools and a list of early [|academies] which was the source for some listed here. The National Register for Historic Places Nomination Form for Wheeling Catholic Elementary School has a good [|history] of Catholic education in Wheeling - see Sect 8).

Academy of the Visitation - incorporated Mar 14, 1850 Cathedral High School Central Catholic High School Dunbar School Elm Grove Public School Fulton Public School - 351 National Road, built 1915. Friends of Wheeling [|description] Lancasterian Academy - incorporated Oct 10, 1814 Lincoln School - school for black students, founded 1880s, lasted until desegregation in 1950s. Linsly School Madison School Mount De Chantal Visitation Academy Ritchie Elementary School St Joseph Academy for Girls Tridelphia School Washington School Webster School Wheeling Academy - incorporated Feb 21, 1827 Wheeling Catholic Elementary School Wheeling Female College - incorporated Jan 10, 1853 Wheeling Female Seminary - incorporated Jan 24, 1848 - became the Wheeling Female College and then Wheeling Hospital Wheeling High School - demolished 1978 Wheeling Hospital School of Nursing - established ca 1900 Wheeling Jesuit University

Civic Buildings
Centre Market Square City-County Building County Courthouse Independence Hall Old County Courthouse Federal Building and Courthouse

Parks
Heritage Park Olgebay Riverside Park Wheeling Island [|Fairground] Wheeling Park

Other
YMCA City Water Works Old Greyhound Bus Station