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Christian Hess House, 811 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

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Summary

Significance: This two story building is an outstanding example of the French Renaissance, or Second Empire, style of architecture. Built in 1876 for Christian Hess, a local tailor, this house is in excellent condition and remains much as it was when the Hess family lived here.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-48

Survey number: HABS WV-207

Building/structure dates: ca. 1877 Initial Construction

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Howard, S M
Morris, Scott, transmitter
DeBoer, Ruth, transmitter
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
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Location

East Wheeling ,  40.07347, -80.72498
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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houses second empire architectural elements east wheeling christian hess house christian hess house main street ohio county west virginia ruth deboer historic american buildings survey s m howard scott morris virginia b price photo ultra high resolution high resolution gallery museum gallery art gallery library of congress empire style