Lang-Hess House


Lang-Hess House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
View from the northeast, across Wood Street
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Location	1625 Wood St., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates	40°3′50″N 80°42′54″W / 40.06389°N 80.71500°W / 40.06389; -80.71500Coordinates: 40°3′50″N 80°42′54″W / 40.06389°N 80.71500°W / 40.06389; -80.71500
Area	less than one acre
Built	1865
Architect	Andrew J. Lang
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP Reference #	06000174^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 22, 2006

Lang-Hess House is a historic home located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built about 1865, and is a two-story sandstone building with Italianate design details. An attached ‘sun porch’ was added to the house about 1935. Its builder was associated with the architect and engineers of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, and is believed to have used “extra” sandstone to build his residence following the work on bridge.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Rosemary Humway-Warmuth (March 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lang-Hess House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-31.

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio County, West Virginia and List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia

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