Modern Federal · Theaters

The Towngate Theater Building, which was built c. 1850 and long served as the First German Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia

West Virginia · 1850–1939

The Towngate Theater Building, which was built c. 1850 and long served as the First German Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, West Virginia, 1850–1939
The Towngate Theater Building, which was built c. 1850 and long served as the First German Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, West Virginia, 1850–1939. Theaters — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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