Form 10-300 (Ju ly 1919)

UNITZD STATES DEPARThlENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NAT IONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC P L A C E S INVEPJTORY - NOMINATION FORM . .

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011 i o FOR NPS USE ONLY 1- E N T R Y N U M B E R 1 D A T E

I C O M M O N :

Shephe rd I l a l l A N D / O R H I S T O R I C :

Monument-Place 2. LOCATION . .

S T R E E T A N C N U M B E R :

nt piacP, Kruger S t r e e t C I T Y O R T O W N :

0 Dis t r i c t Q Building 0 Public Publ ic Acquisit ion: @ Occupied

[I] Site Structure Private a I n Process Unoccupied a Restr icted

Obiect 0 Both 0 Being Considered 0 Unrestricted 0 Preservation work

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P R E S E N T U S E (Check One or More as Appropriate)

0 Agricultural Government Park 0 Transportation a Comments

Commercial 0 Industrial C] Private Residence Q Othcr (Specify)

a Educational Mi l i tary Religious H e a d q u a r t e r s o f S h r i n e 0 Entertainment 0 Museum Scienti f ic o r g a n i z a t i o n

l 4 . OWNER OF P R O P E R T Y I O W N E R ' S N A M E . I

O s i r i s Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. o f t h e C i t y o f W h e e l h g

S T R E E T A N 0 N U M B E R :

Monument P l a c e , Kruger S t r e e t

C I T Y OR TOWN: ) S T A T E : I C O D E

Ohio County C o u r t h o u s e S T R E E T A N D N U M B E R :

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1 6 t h a n d C h a p l i n e S t r e e t s C I T Y O R T O W N : S T A T E C O D E

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C I T Y O R T O W N : S T A T E :

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Shepherd Hall today occupies a terrace in a wooded tract of approximately five acres at the intersection of Route 88 and Cruger Street in Elm Grove, a suburb of Wheeling. The only other structure is a cottage standing to the left of Shepherd Hall, built by the Lorings nearly a century ago, for the rearing of their five children. It has undergone some exterior altera- tions in style.

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Excellent Q Good a Fair Dctcr~orotcd C] R u ~ n s 0 Unexposed CONDITION

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At an early point in the mansion's history a porch was added to the east

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Altercd 0 Unaltcred

side, built of stone in complete harmony with the original. It has now

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been altered and enclosed.

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The Osiris Temple has added extensively to the rear of the house, building with buff brick to supply meeting rooms and large areas for banquets and dances. This addition is visible only from the rear of the building.

In the mansion itself the principal original features are still preserved: the large hallway and fine stairway with fine woodwork; the library; ball- room across the second floor front, now used as administrative offices, and bedrooms, including the one often used by Henry Clay.

The Historic American Building Survey has done a study of this mansion.

On the grounds during the days of the Shepherds were other buildings now gone--a stone barn, guest house, detached kitchen, and a long row of negro quarters. Two notable pieces of sandstone sculpture--an elaborate sundial and the Clay monument--are no longer in existence except for fragments of the latter.

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ERIOO (chcck Onc or .:lore ns Approprintc)

0 Pre-Colurnbion l 16th Century 18th Century 20th .century 0 15th Ccntury 0 17th Century g] 19th Century

PECIFIC DATE(S) ( I 1 Applicable n n d ~ n o w n ) r r e c t c d i 1 7 9 8

REns OF SIGN! FICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriolc)

Abor iginal 0 Education Pol i t ica l - Urban Planning

0 Prehistoric 0 Engineering Rcligion/Phi. 0 Other (Specify)

Historic 0 Industry losophy

0 Agriculture 0 Invention Science

Ql Architecture 0 Landscape 0 Sculpture

0 Art Architecture 0 Social/Human-

0 Commerce 0 Literature itorian

a Communications Q Military 0 Theatcr

0 Conservation 0 Music Transportation

TATEMENT O F SIGNIFICANCE

Shepherd Hall, as it was known to its builders, or Monument Place, as it is known in modern times, is apparently the oldest house still standing in Wheeling, having been built in 1798, and is closely linked to the history of a prominent pioneer family and to the history of the National Road, which reached Wheeling in 1818.

The builder was Moses Shepherd, and his wife, who with him survived the 1782 attack on Fort Henry, sometimes referred to as the last battle of the Revolutionary War, was Lydia Boggs. She lived until after the Civil War, dying in 1867.

Moses Shepherd was the great great-grandson of the Indian trader Jan Van Metre, who penetrated present West Virginia akiout 1725; the great-grandson of John Van Metre, who obtained a huge grant of land in the eastern Pan- handle in 1730; the grandson of Thomas Shepherd, founder of Shepherdstown, West Virginia; and the son of Colonel David Shepherd, builder of Fort Shepherd on the grounds of Shepherd Hall, and commandant of Fort Henry in Wheeling. Shepherd's fort was burned by the Indians.

Moses Shepherd became prominent in his own right as Colonel in the War of 1812 and as bridge builder on the National Road from Wheeling to the'penn- sylvania line. It is traditionally related that it was the friendship of Henry Clay with the Shepherds that led to a slight deviation in the National Road across Wheeling Creek and back again to accommodate Moses and Lydia. A room assigned to Henry Clay in Shepherd Hall is still pointed out to visitors by the present owners--the Osiris Temple of The Shrine. Other illustrious statesmen to visit Shepherd Hall included Andrew Jackson, Thomas Hart Benton and family, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Daniel Webster, and Lafayette.

While securing the bridge contract and later trying to obtain $72,000 still owing him for the two extra bridges, the Shepherds frequented Washington. During this period to show their appreciation of Henry Clay's efforts as champion of the National Road which united the east and west and greatly encouraged immigration, the Shepherds erected an elaborate monument to him on their grounds and it was unveiled in his presence in 1820.

The Shepherds developed a plantation which included a large grist mill, sawmill, distillery, general store, and on completion of the National Road, a tavern. While overseeing and developing this enormous estate, Moses P. I

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Form 10-3000 C N I T E D STATES D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E INTERIOR (Ju ly 1969) N A T I O N A L PAR!: j E R V l C E

NAT IONAL REGISTER OF I4ISTORIC P L A C E S

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CNumber ontr'es) 8, Signi f icance - Shepherd Hal l

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Shepherd was a l s o a prominent c i t i z e n , s e rv ing a s a town councilman and mayor of Wheeling.

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Af te r t h e dea th of Moses Shepherd, Lydia married General Daniel Cruger, a Congressman from New York S t a t e who then came t o l i v e i n Wheeling. Living t o t h e age of 101, Lydia became a legend i n h e r own time.

D A T E

When t h e ex tens ive p l a n t a t i o n was so ld i n l o t s , a f t e r Lydia ' s dea th , it became "the d i s t r i c t of Elm Grove. Major Alonzo Loring purchased t h e Shepherd house

and renamed it Monument Place. Major Loring was a prominent c i t i z e n .

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The t h i r d owner i n t he long h i s t o r y of Shepherd Ha l l i s The O s i r i s Temple, which purchased t h e home from t h e Loring h e i r s i n 1926.

F o s t e r , H. M. H i s t o r y o f Monument P l a c e a t E l m Grove W V a . Undated - 7 .

m a n u s c r i p t . 18 p p .

M e i e r , Mrs. John . "The F i r s t Lady o f Shephe rd H a l l . " Whee l ing B i c e n t e n n i a l , 1769-1969. Whee l ing , 1969. Pp , -10-12 .

Cranmer, G. L. H i s t o r y o f Whee l ing C i t y and Ohio County . C h i c a g o , 1902 .

W i n g e r t e r , C h a r l e s A. H i s t o r y o f G r e a t e r Whee l ing and V i c i n i t y . - - 2v. C h i c a g o , 1912 .

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IAME AND TITLE:

C l i f f o r d M. L e w i s , S. J. IRGANI ZATION DATE

I n c o n t r a c t w i t h t h e W. Va . A n t i q u i t i e s Commission 1 Sep tember 2 1 , : TREET AND NUMBER:

Whee l ing C o l l e g e ITY O R TOWN:

Whee l inn - STATE LIAISON O F F I C E R CERTIFICAl ION

A s the designated State L ia i son O f f i ce r for the Na-

t i ona l H i s to r i c Preservat ion A c t o f 1966 (Pub l i c L a w

89-665). I hereby nominate t h i s property for i nc lus ion

i n the Nat iona l Register and cer t i fy that i t has been

evaluated according to the c r i te r ia and procedures set

for th by the Nat iona l Park Service. The recommended

l e v e l of s ign i f i cance of th is nomlnat lon i s :

Nat iona l G State 3 L o c a l a.

Name

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T i t l e S t a t e L i a i s o n O f f i c e r

D a t e O c t o b e r 9, 1970

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West V i r p i n i a 1 54 NATIONAL REGISTER VERff lCATlON

I hereby cer t i fp that th is property i s included in the

Nat iona l Register.

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Chief. O f f i ce of Archeology and H ls to r l c Preservation

Date

ATTEST:

Keeper of The Nat iona l Reg is ter

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Monument P l a c e , Kruger S t r e e t C I T Y O R T O W N :

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Wheeling Quadranqle S C A L E : 1 : 24000

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1. Property broundaries where required.

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3. Lat i tude and longitude reference.

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