Sign Up For News And Updates

Your Name and E-mail
First Name:
Last Name:
E-mail Address:
Sign up for the following:














Your Address and Mobile
Address:
City:
State:
ZIP:
Mobile Phone:

Charles W. Bates

People of Wheeling Icon
 ➤  WHEELING HISTORY  ➤  PEOPLE  ➤  BIOGRAPHIES  ➤  HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE  ➤  ARCHITECTS

Charles W. Bates Quick Links

 ➤ Biography  |  ➤ Photographs   |   ➤ Additional Resources


Architect

December 27, 1879-November 28, 1931

Wheeling Architect Charles W. BatesArchitect Charles W. Bates was born in Wheeling and was a prominent figure among the architects of northern West Virginia during the first two decades of the 20th century. He was highly recognized for the use of reinforced concrete in high rise and warehouse designs. Bates attended Linsly Military Institute before studying design and engineering at Arbour Institute of Technology and the Art Institute of Chicago. He began his practice of architecture in Chicago and Pittsburgh in 1904. Later, he opened offices in Cleveland, Youngstown, and Wheeling. His designs featured classical detailing and he was a master in the Neo-Classical and Beaux Arts styles.

Specializing in fireproof structures, Bates designed many prominent buildings in Wheeling including the Capitol Theatre, Central Union Building, Hazel-Atlas Building, the old Wheeling Public Library (now Bennett Square), Ohio Valley General Hospital, National Bank of West Virginia, Windsor Hotel, Wheeling Clinic’s older structure, Stifel mansion (now Stifel Fine Arts Center) and the Sterling Drug headquarters.

On November 28, 1931, At the age of 51, Bates suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died in the ambulance on his way to the Cleveland Clinic.

➤ Read Charle W. Bates obituaryWheeling Intelligencer, Monday, November 30, 1931  


Charles W. Bates Buildings

Charles W. Bates Buildings


Additional Resources

➤ Vertical File: Wheeling Architecture, Wheeling Room, non-circulating, ask for access at Reference Desk.
➤ Archives: "Photographs Illustrating Works of Charles W. Bates and William H. Cook, Architects and Engineers," publication date unknown, Special Collections, viewing by appointment only, call 304-232-0244.


Biographies Index  |  Historic Architecture |  Wheeling History Home  |  OCPL Home  

alt : OCPL Disclaimer

-Information on this page compiled by erothenbuehler

Services and Locations