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Wheeling-B&O Railroad Passenger Station

Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station
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West Virginia Northern Community College (2006)
Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station is located in West Virginia
Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station
Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station is located in the US
Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station
Location Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates 40°3′48″N 80°43′18″W / 40.06333°N 80.72167°W / 40.06333; -80.72167Coordinates: 40°3′48″N 80°43′18″W / 40.06333°N 80.72167°W / 40.06333; -80.72167
Built 1908
Architect M.A. Long
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference # 79002596
Added to NRHP March 26, 1979

The Wheeling-B&O Railroad Passenger Station, also known as West Virginia Northern Community College, is a U.S. historic train station located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907-1908, and is a four-story, rectangular brick and limestone building in the Beaux-Arts-style. It measures 250 feet long by 89 feet, 6 inches, deep. It features mansard roofs, built of concrete and covered with Spanish tile painted pink. Passenger service ceased in 1961. The building was remodeled in 1976 to house the West Virginia Northern Community College.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

B & O Passenger Station at Wheeling (ca. 1913)



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