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H. C. Ogden House

Coordinates: 40°5′15″N 80°41′43″W / 40.08750°N 80.69528°W / 40.08750; -80.69528
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H. C. Ogden House
H. C. Ogden House, April 2010
H. C. Ogden House is located in West Virginia
H. C. Ogden House
H. C. Ogden House is located in the United States
H. C. Ogden House
Location12 Park Rd., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates40°5′15″N 80°41′43″W / 40.08750°N 80.69528°W / 40.08750; -80.69528
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1893
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.90001067[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 12, 1990

H. C. Ogden House, also known as the Wise-Ogden House, is a historic home located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1893, and is a 2+12-story, T-shaped, Queen Anne-style frame dwelling. It features a deep, full-width front porch with Doric order columns, a round tower with domed roof, and coursed wood shingles. The house has 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 1 half-bath, 1 kitchen, and 9 additional rooms. The house was built for Herschel Coombs Ogden (1869-1943), a publisher, community leader, and businessman significant in the history of West Virginia.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is located in the Woodsdale-Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Rodney S. Collins (April 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: H. C. Ogden House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
H. C. Ogden, 1910s-early 1920s