Cathedral Parish School

Cathedral Parish School
Undergoing construction
Location Junction of 14th and Byron Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates 40°3′59″N 80°43′10″W / 40.06639°N 80.71944°W / 40.06639; -80.71944Coordinates: 40°3′59″N 80°43′10″W / 40.06639°N 80.71944°W / 40.06639; -80.71944
Area less than one acre
Built 1896
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference # 96001572[1]
Added to NRHP January 9, 1997

Cathedral Parish School, now known as Wheeling Catholic Elementary, is 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]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ 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 2011-08-29.


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