Cathedral Parish School

Cathedral Parish School, now known as Wheeling Catholic Elementary, was a historic elementary school building located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1896–1897, to service the St. Joseph Cathedral parish. A gymnasium addition was built in 1939. It is a three-story brick building, with an elevated first floor. It sits on a sandstone base. It features a center square tower with a pyramidal roof and Late Gothic Revival details.[2]

Cathedral Parish School
Undergoing construction
LocationJunction of 14th and Byron Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates40°3′59″N 80°43′10″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1896
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.96001572[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 9, 1997

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It is located in the East Wheeling Historic District.[1]

  • Cathedral Parish School (1920s)
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References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Katherine Jourdan (August 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cathedral Parish School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-29.


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