Lang-Hess House

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]

Lang-Hess House
View from the northeast, across Wood Street
Lang-Hess House is located in West Virginia
Lang-Hess House
Lang-Hess House is located in the United States
Lang-Hess House
Location1625 Wood St., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates40°3′50″N 80°42′54″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1865
ArchitectAndrew J. Lang
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.06000174[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 22, 2006

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

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 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.


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