{"nrhp_refnum":"87000919","name":"Wheeling Avenue Historic District","other_names":["See Also: Berwick Hotel"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Steubenville, Tenth, Wheeling, and Fourth Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Guernsey County","state":"OH","lat":40.02525297300005,"lon":-81.59087400876712,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear central business district in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, running along Wheeling Avenue from the Pennsylvania Railroad on the west to Tenth Street on the east. It holds about 60 buildings from the 1860s through the early 20th century, including commercial, public and transportation structures.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district has been the governmental and commercial center of Guernsey County since the early 19th century. It contains the 1883 courthouse, the Carnegie Library and the Post Office, along with commercial blocks and railroad buildings that show the town's growth from the mid-19th century to the 1930s. It is cited for both architectural and historic reasons under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Wheeling Avenue forms the downtown spine of Cambridge, Ohio, and this district covers its central business blocks from the railroad tracks on the west to Tenth Street. About 60 buildings, mostly two to four stories and built of brick, line the street. Their dates run from the 1860s into the early 20th century. The sandstone Second Empire courthouse of 1883, designed by J.W. Yost, sits in a landscaped park near the center, with the Carnegie Library behind it and the 1914 Post Office nearby. Commercial buildings range from Queen Anne and Italianate designs to the High Victorian Odd Fellows hall of 1896, and railroad stations and freight houses stand at the western edge. The district was recognized because Cambridge served as county seat from 1809 and as a commercial hub along Zane's Trace and later the railroads. Its buildings show the town's development from the mid-19th century to the 1930s.","period_of_significance":"1850s-1930s","architect_builder":"J.W. Yost (Guernsey County Courthouse); Oscar Wenderoth, supervising architect (U.S. Post Office); Holbert & Speddon of Fairmont, W. Va. (B. & O. Passenger Station)","architectural_style":"Second Empire, Queen Anne, Italianate, High Victorian, Jeffersonian Classical Revival, Georgian Revival, and early 20th century commercial","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent, good and fair, with both altered and unaltered elements. The form notes few intrusions or vacant lots, and 13 non-contributing buildings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.414974-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000919.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988794","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/guernsey-county/wheeling-avenue-historic-district-87000919/"}