"Lincoln's Bastille"
The Athenaeum, once the biggest building in Wheeling, stood here. It was constructed in 1854, with three stories supported by cast-iron roof and floor beams. It served as an adjunct of the nearby Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station, to encourage travelers to stop in the city. The upper floor housed a theater, which attracted many of the best performers of the antebellum period, including Maggie Mitchell and the famous Shakespearian actor Edwin Booth, a brother of President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. A popular play performed at the Athenaeum was Uncle tom's Cabin, which was based on Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel of the same name.HM Number | HM1CHR |
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Series | This marker is part of the West Virginia Civil War Trails series |
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Placed By | West Virginia Civil War Trails |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 at 2:24pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17T E 523719 N 4434871 |
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Decimal Degrees | 40.06376667, -80.72186667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 3.826', W 80° 43.312' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 3' 49.56" N, 80° 43' 18.72" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 304, 740 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 1600-1710 Market St, Wheeling WV 26003, US |
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