Elm Grove Reconnaissance Level Historic Resource Survey

Avdakov, Steven; Griffin, Deborah; Schmidtke, Lisa

From the Introduction: "The City of Wheeling/ Wheeling Historic Landmark Commission engaged Heritage Architectural Associates (HAA) in September 2020 to complete an Architecture and History Reconnaissance Survey for the Elm Grove neighborhood (Fig. 1) of Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The purpose of the survey was to document selected properties that were at least 50 years old and retained historic integrity and to evaluate each property for potential eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Surveyed properties were chosen from the entire community of Elm Grove. A total of 678 properties were surveyed. The Ohio County Survey, conducted in 1990-91, documented approximately 305 buildings in Elm Grove, and 86 of these resources were re-surveyed in the Elm Grove Reconnaissance Survey. (APPENDIX A, Table 6) Two buildings, Elm Grove Junior High/Bridge Street Middle School (OH-0001-0017) and the former St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Chapel (OH-0001-0336) were documented by the WV Architects Historic Context Survey conducted in 2019. Since these resources were surveyed less than five years ago, they were not included in the current survey. There are three resources in Elm Grove that are individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places. These are the Stone Arch Bridge (NR 81000606, OH-0001-0002), Monument Place/Shepherd Hall (NR 70000661, OH-0001-0339) and the Feay Inn (NR 92000872, OH-0001-0413). None of these resources were resurveyed as part of this effort. There are currently no National Register Historic Districts within the boundaries of Elm Grove. HAA completed an Historic Property Inventory Form (HPI) for each surveyed resource including photographs, map, narrative description, statement of significance, and National Register evaluation. Relevant information from previously-completed HPI forms was incorporated into the new HPI forms. The following report summarizes the results of the survey. All work was done according to the West Virginia National Register and Architecture/History Survey Manual (2016), produced by the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office (WVSHPO) and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Identification and Evaluation." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the State Historic Preservation Office - West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P20AF00057).

Elm Grove Reconnaissance Level Historic Resource Survey

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