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| location= 1507-09 Main St., [[Wheeling, West Virginia]]
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The '''Riverside Iron Works Office Building''' is a historic commercial building at 1507-09 Main Street in [[Wheeling, West Virginia]]. It is a four story masonry structure, triangular in shape, and built out of light-colored brick with stone trim elements. The first three floors, built in 1896, are [[Richardsonian Romanesque]] in style, with rusticated stone elements on the ground floor at the rounded corner, and round-arch settings for doors and windows. The fourth floor, simpler in style, was added about 1907. It was built for the Riverside Iron Works, Wheeling's leading steel manufacturers at the time, and served as its headquarters until 1898, when the company was acquired by National Tube Company.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/ohio/15000096.pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Riverside Iron Works Office Building|publisher=West Virginia SHPO|accessdate=2015-10-09}}</ref>
The '''Riverside Iron Works Office Building''' is a historic commercial building at 1507&ndash;09 Main Street in [[Wheeling, West Virginia]]. It is a four-story masonry structure, triangular in shape, and built out of light-colored brick with stone trim elements. The first three floors, built in 1896, are [[Richardsonian Romanesque]] in style, with rusticated stone elements on the ground floor at the rounded corner, and round-arch settings for doors and windows. The fourth floor, simpler in style, was added about 1907. It was built for the Riverside Iron Works, Wheeling's leading steel manufacturers at the time, and served as its headquarters until 1898, when the company was acquired by National Tube Company.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Riverside-iron-works-office-building.pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Riverside Iron Works Office Building|publisher=West Virginia SHPO|accessdate=2015-10-09}}</ref> In form, it is a [[flatiron building]].


The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] for [[Ohio County, West Virginia|Ohio County]] in 2015.<ref name="nris"/>
The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] for [[Ohio County, West Virginia|Ohio County]] in 2015.<ref name="nris"/>
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio County, West Virginia]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio County, West Virginia]]
*[[Thomas J. Bray]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1896]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1896]]
[[Category:Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia]]
[[Category:Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Ohio County, West Virginia]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Wheeling, West Virginia]]
[[Category:Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in West Virginia]]




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Latest revision as of 02:27, 18 November 2024

Riverside Iron Works Office Building
Riverside Iron Works Office Building is located in West Virginia
Riverside Iron Works Office Building
Riverside Iron Works Office Building is located in the United States
Riverside Iron Works Office Building
Location1507-09 Main St., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates40°3′52″N 80°43′25″W / 40.06444°N 80.72361°W / 40.06444; -80.72361
Built1896
NRHP reference No.15000096[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 2015

The Riverside Iron Works Office Building is a historic commercial building at 1507–09 Main Street in Wheeling, West Virginia. It is a four-story masonry structure, triangular in shape, and built out of light-colored brick with stone trim elements. The first three floors, built in 1896, are Richardsonian Romanesque in style, with rusticated stone elements on the ground floor at the rounded corner, and round-arch settings for doors and windows. The fourth floor, simpler in style, was added about 1907. It was built for the Riverside Iron Works, Wheeling's leading steel manufacturers at the time, and served as its headquarters until 1898, when the company was acquired by National Tube Company.[2] In form, it is a flatiron building.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for Ohio County in 2015.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Riverside Iron Works Office Building" (PDF). West Virginia SHPO. Retrieved 2015-10-09.