H. C. Ogden House

H. C. Ogden House

H. C. Ogden House, April 2010
Location 12 Park Rd., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates 40°5′15″N 80°41′43″W / 40.08750°N 80.69528°W / 40.08750; -80.69528Coordinates: 40°5′15″N 80°41′43″W / 40.08750°N 80.69528°W / 40.08750; -80.69528
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1893
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 90001067[1]
Added to NRHP July 12, 1990

H. C. Ogden House, also known as the Wise-Ogden House, is a historic home located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1893, and is a 2 12-story, T-shaped, Queen Anne-style frame dwelling. It features a deep, full-width front porch with Doric order columns, a round tower with domed roof, and coursed wood shingles. The house has 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 1 half-bath, 1 kitchen, and 9 additional rooms. The house was built for Herschel Coombs Ogden (1869-1943), a publisher, community leader, and businessman significant in the history of West Virginia.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is located in the Woodsdale-Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Rodney S. Collins (April 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: H. C. Ogden House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.


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