1881 - Flaccus Brothers Building - Wheeling, West Virginia - Dated Buildings and Cornerstones on Waymarking.com

The Flaccus Brothers Building was constructed in 1881. The three-story building in an Romantic Revival style combining elements of both the Classical style with the Romanesque style.

From historic marker:

Flaccus Building
2269 Market St.
1881

George E. Flaccus was a wholesale food dealer. He opened his business, which specialized in fancy groceries and the manufacture of minced meats on this N.W. corner of Market Street in 1881.

Wheeling's population had grown to 30,000. The city had claimed river supremacy as 50 to 70 boats touched Wheeling's wharves daily. The first telephone in the panhandle was installed in Wheeling and Nail City became a reality as the La Belle Mill record production of 180,000 kegs of nails in one year.

What had once been a desolate area of the business district and across the creek, was now a hub of commerce and trade.

The building is now occupied by a hair salon and spa.

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