Cathedral Parish School

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Cathedral Parish School
Cathedral Parish School in Wheeling.jpg
Undergoing construction
Cathedral Parish School is located in West Virginia
Cathedral Parish School
Cathedral Parish School is located in the United States
Cathedral Parish School
LocationJunction of 14th and Byron Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates40°3′59″N 80°43′10″W / 40.06639°N 80.71944°W / 40.06639; -80.71944Coordinates: 40°3′59″N 80°43′10″W / 40.06639°N 80.71944°W / 40.06639; -80.71944
Arealess than one acre
Built1896
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.96001572[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 9, 1997

Cathedral Parish School, now known as Wheeling Catholic Elementary, was a historic elementary school building located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1896–1897, to service the St. Joseph Cathedral parish. A gymnasium addition was built in 1939. It is a three-story brick building, with an elevated first floor. It sits on a sandstone base. It features a center square tower with a pyramidal roof and Late Gothic Revival details.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It is located in the East Wheeling Historic District.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Katherine Jourdan (August 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cathedral Parish School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-29.