City Building and Jail, Wheeling, West Virginia, circa 1910

Subjects: City Halls & Courthouses Historic Towers
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of City Building and Jail, Wheeling, West Virginia, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The card shows Wheeling's City Building, a large stone municipal hall with a clock tower and several domed pavilions, standing beside the red brick, castle-like jail with its crenellated corner tower. Landscaped grounds with curving walks, young trees and a fountain fill the foreground. Wheeling served as West Virginia's state capital from 1863 to 1870 and again from 1875 to 1885, and its city building and jail formed the civic center of this Ohio Valley industrial city.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

I will write a letter later send Helene dress and I will make it would be glad to help you out any way I can send a dress of your own there we are all pretty well Lizzie

PostmarkedElm Grove, WV, March 13, 1914, 10:00

Addressed to

Mrs. Harry Colledge

1817 E 47th St., Cleveland, OH

Postcard record

Postmarked	March 13, 1914, 10:00, Elm Grove, WV
Publisher	S. R. McCoy
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mrs. Harry Colledge, 1817 E 47th St., Cleveland, OH
Place depicted	City Building and Jail, Wheeling, WV
Stamp	10c George Washington, green
Notes	Thin white border; tear with paper loss along the top edge and a light crease at upper right. Divided-back era litho print. Postmark: ELM GROVE MAR 13 10 AM 1914 W. VA. Divided-back "POST CARD" with green heading, "MESSAGE MAY BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE" / "ADDRESS ONLY ON THIS SIDE", C.T. Photochrom imprint; light soiling, creasing and a small tear at top edge.

Cite this card

City Building and Jail, Wheeling, West Virginia, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/city-building-and-jail-wheeling-west-virginia-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.