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Best Image of Visitor Experiences: Holiday Event
West Virginia Independence Hall
16th and Market Streets, Wheeling, West Virginia
Photographer: Gerry Reilly
December 8, 1998
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West Virginia Independence Hall: Originally constructed as a U.S. Custom House
in the spring and summer of 1861, the building was the home of pro-Union State conventions of Virginia. It served
as the capitol of the Restored (Unionst) Government of Virginia between 1861 and 1863. The first constitutional convention
for the new state of West Virginia also took place here, earning the structure its name of Independence Hall. The State of West Virginia purchased the building in 1964 and restored it to serve as a museum. |
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