La Belle Iron Works
La Belle Iron Works | |
 La Belle Iron Works, July 1990 | |
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| Location | Jct. of 31st and Wood Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 40°3′1″N 80°43′20″W / 40.05028°N 80.72222°W |
| Area | 4.6 acres (1.9 ha) |
| Built | 1852 |
| Architectural style | Industrial Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 97001415[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 24, 1997 |
La Belle Iron Works, also known as La Belle Cut Nail Works, was a historic factory complex and national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district included four contributing buildings; three Italianate style brick buildings dated to the founding of the company in 1852, and a tin plate mill built 1894–1897. After 1902, the buildings were combined under a single roof, although the truss systems date to different periods achieving the configuration visible today. When listed in 1997, it was known as the "La Belle Cut Nail Plant, The Largest in the World, Wheeling Corrugating Company, A Division of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation." The cut nail machinery still in use by La Belle dated to 1852 and the 1860s. The machinery at La Belle along with the different processes were documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey team during the summer of 1990.[2]
The plant stopped operation in 2010, and was demolished in 2017.[3][4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Katherine M. Jourdan and Laura Pfeifer (October 1, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: La Belle Iron Works" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^ "La Belle Iron Works". Ohio County Public Library Research. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^ "Wheeling Planning Commission Permits Labelle Cut Nail Plant Demolition". The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register. January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-47, "LaBelle Iron Works, Thirtieth & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV", 62 photos, 2 color transparencies, 5 measured drawings, 54 data pages, 6 photo caption pages
- LaBelle Iron Works Corliss Engine January 27, 2010, YouTube video
- La Belle Iron Works history, from the Wheeling Register, Sunday, Feb. 5, 1922, sec. 4, p. 1
- e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, La Belle Iron Works article, October 7, 2010
- Buildings and structures in Wheeling, West Virginia
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Historic districts in Wheeling, West Virginia
- Italianate architecture in West Virginia
- Industrial buildings completed in 1852
- Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Wheeling, West Virginia
- Fastening tool manufacturers
- Ironworks and steel mills in the United States
- 1852 establishments in Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Demolished buildings and structures in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures demolished in 2017
- Northern Panhandle Registered Historic Place stubs