Elm Hill (Wheeling, West Virginia)

Elm Hill

Dimly visible through a copse of trees
Location WV 88 NE of Wheeling Country Club, near Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates 40°5′41″N 80°40′41″W / 40.09472°N 80.67806°W / 40.09472; -80.67806Coordinates: 40°5′41″N 80°40′41″W / 40.09472°N 80.67806°W / 40.09472; -80.67806
Area 19.3 acres (7.8 ha)
Built 1850
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 91001732[1]
Added to NRHP December 4, 1991

"Elm Hill", also known as the Campbell-Bloch House, is a historic house and national historic district located near Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district includes two contributing buildings and one contributing site. The main house was built about 1850, and is a  2 1⁄2-story, brick house with a low 2-story wing in the Greek Revival style. It has an L-shaped plan, a 3-bay entrance portico, and hipped roof with an octagonal bell-cast central cupola. The interior has a central formal hall plan. Also on the property are a contributing brick, spring house / smoke house and a small cemetery dating to about 1835.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Rodney S. Collins (July 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Elm Hill" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.


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