Center Wheeling Market
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The Center Wheeling Market is a historic public market
located along Market Street between 22nd and 23rd Streets in Wheeling
, Ohio County, West Virginia
. It consists of the Center Wheeling Market building as well as the Center Wheeling Fish Market. The 1853 Center Wheeling Market building was designed by architect Thomas Pope as an open market. The building is of neo-classical
style with three bays and structural cast iron Doric order
columns. It has a gable roof and features a belfry complete with bell. The 1890 open brick, neo-Romanesque
section was designed by Wheeling architect Edward B. Franzheim. It has brick piers that support a hipped roof with cross gables and a three-foot overhang. In 1900, a wooden enclosure was built at the northern bay to house the Center Wheeling Fish Market.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
for Ohio County
on February 20, 1975. The property is also located in the Centre Market Square Historic District
.
Public market
Public markets are markets, in public spaces, where independent merchants can sell their products to the public. Typical products sold at public markets include fresh produce and baked goods, locally raised meats and dairy products, and various other food items and handcrafted goods...
located along Market Street between 22nd and 23rd Streets in Wheeling
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, Ohio County, West Virginia
Ohio County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 47,427 people, 19,733 households, and 12,155 families residing in the county. The population density was 447 people per square mile . There were 22,166 housing units at an average density of 209 per square mile...
. It consists of the Center Wheeling Market building as well as the Center Wheeling Fish Market. The 1853 Center Wheeling Market building was designed by architect Thomas Pope as an open market. The building is of neo-classical
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
style with three bays and structural cast iron Doric order
Doric order
The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.-History:...
columns. It has a gable roof and features a belfry complete with bell. The 1890 open brick, neo-Romanesque
Romanesque Revival architecture
Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...
section was designed by Wheeling architect Edward B. Franzheim. It has brick piers that support a hipped roof with cross gables and a three-foot overhang. In 1900, a wooden enclosure was built at the northern bay to house the Center Wheeling Fish Market.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
for Ohio County
Ohio County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 47,427 people, 19,733 households, and 12,155 families residing in the county. The population density was 447 people per square mile . There were 22,166 housing units at an average density of 209 per square mile...
on February 20, 1975. The property is also located in the Centre Market Square Historic District
Centre Market Square Historic District
Centre Market Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district includes 181 contributing buildings in a variety of popular architectural styles dating from about 1850. The district encompasses the area of Wheeling focused on the...
.
External links
- Centre Market, Market Street between Twenty-second & Twenty-third Streets, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 2 drawings, 15 photos, 3 data pages, and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Building Survey