Woodsdale-Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District

Woodsdale-Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Houses on Birch Avenue
Location	Roughly bounded by Orchard Rd., Edgwood St., Carmel Rd., Bae--Mar and Lenox to Wheeling Cr., and Pine St. to Park St., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates	40°4′35″N 80°40′58″W / 40.07639°N 80.68278°WCoordinates: 40°4′35″N 80°40′58″W / 40.07639°N 80.68278°W
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Architectural style	Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	96000445[1]
Added to NRHP	March 21, 1997

Woodsdale-Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 969 contributing buildings and is primarily residential, developed between 1888 and 1945. A number of popular architectural styles are represented including Shingle Style, Queen Anne, Tudor Revival, American Foursquare, Colonial Revival and Bungalow style. The district also includes four Lustron houses. Notable non-residential buildings include the Edgwood Christian Mission Alliance Church (1932), St. John's (1913), Mount Carmel Monastery (1915) designed by Frederick F. Faris (1870-1927), and Good Shepherd Home (1912). Also located in the district are the separately listed H. C. Ogden House and William Miles Tiernan House.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Katherine Jourdan (October 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Woodsdale-Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.