Wheeling in Ohio County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
Farm Residence
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 14, 2019
1. Farm Residence Marker
Inscription.
Farm Residence. . Waddington Farms was the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Oglebay. Today the farm is one of the finest municipal parks in the country , Oglebay Park. The map above is from a plan created for Mr. Oglebay in 1909 for the proposed arrangement of grounds for Waddington Farms., [Captions:] , View of Oglebay Park's Visitor's Information Center and Administrative Offices when the structure was the farm manager's residence at Waddington Farms. The original building was built in 1856., Farm workers pose for a snapshot on the original porch of this building when it was a residence on the Oglebay family's estate. This photo was taken in 1915.
Waddington Farms was the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Oglebay. Today the farm is one of the finest municipal parks in the country — Oglebay Park. The map above is from a plan created for Mr. Oglebay in 1909 for the proposed arrangement of grounds for Waddington Farms.
[Captions:]
View of Oglebay Park's Visitor's Information Center and Administrative Offices when the structure was the farm manager's residence at Waddington Farms. The original building was built in 1856.
Farm workers pose for a snapshot on the original porch of this building when it was a residence on the Oglebay family's estate. This photo was taken in 1915.
Erected by The Courtney and Marguerite Rankin Burton Charitable Trust and the Helena Armbrecht Estate.
Location. 40° 6.244′ N, 80° 40.008′ W. Marker is in Wheeling, West Virginia, in Ohio County. Marker is on Oglebay Drive (West Virginia Route 88) 0.3 miles east of Lodge Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1330 Oglebay Drive, Wheeling WV 26003, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 14, 2019
2. Farm Residence Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 16, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 224 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 16, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
