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West Virginia Independence Hall from southwest

Southern and western sides of West Virginia Independence Hall, located at 1524 Market Street in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Built in 1859 as a federal custom house and courthouse, it became West Virginia's state capitol building during the confusion and conflict of the American Civil War; it is today a museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1988.

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