Details. It struck me as I was sitting in the recently restored Capitol Theatre one night, admiring the gilded griffins and festoons; the stenciled ceilings; the majestic female statues flanking either side of the stage, standing crossed legged and eternally offering their wares to the heavens. Details. Wheeling is full of them. And it\u2019s part of what\u2019s kept me coming back to this wonderful city. \u00a0<\/p>\n

When I first moved to Wheeling in 2004, I was dumbstruck by the amazing architecture I saw on nearly every corner. Having just enrolled in Belmont College\u2019s Building Preservation program, I felt blessed to have stumbled into a city of such architectural wealth. When I again moved back to Wheeling in 2007, I had the chance to not only work on some of these buildings I had so admired, but began to learn the captivating history of this city through these buildings. And when I again moved back to Wheeling just a little over a year ago, my fascination for this city and its architecture grew even deeper as \u00a0I began working in the library archives.<\/p>\n

Our history isn\u2019t just in our papers, our photographs, postcards and publications \u2014 it\u2019s just as much in our architecture as in our documents. The story of our city surrounds us. To walk down\u00a0our\u00a0streets is to take a step back in time.<\/p>\n