Woodridge (Wheeling, West Virginia)
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Woodridge is a historic home located at 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 is a 1 ½ to 2 ½ story frame house clad in clapboard siding and sits on a foundation of stone and concrete. The original section was built in 1831, with additions made about 1880. It features a centered portico supported by four square columns. Also on the property is a contributing stone wall and pillars. United States Congressman Lewis Steenrod
Lewis Steenrod
Lewis Steenrod was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born near Wheeling, Virginia , Steenrod attended the common schools as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1835, commencing practice in Wheeling...

 resided at the house from about 1845 to 1862.

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...

in 2005.
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