Wheeling, West Virginia: The Windmill
According to unverified local lore, the Windmill, along the old National Road, was built in 1917 as part of a gas station. It was restored as a pub in 2017, but closed and empty in 2021.
- Address:
- 510 Stone Blvd, Wheeling, WV
- Directions:
- North edge of the city, on the west side of Stone Blvd, just south of where it spilts with US-40/National Rd.
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The Windmill Pub was reopened in 2017 with a repaired motor so that the blades would turn again. In 2021, with a tattered banner and broken "open" signs, it looks closed. But windmill buildings are always cool!
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According to unverified local lore, the Windmill, along the old National Road, was built in 1917 as part of a gas station.