"Edemar", also known as Stifel Fine Arts Center, is a historic house and national
historic district
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located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district includes two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The main house was built between 1910 and 1914, and is a -story, brick-and-concrete
Classical Revival
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mansion with a steel frame. The front facade features a full-width
portico
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with pediment supported by six
Corinthian order
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columns. Also on the property are a contributing brick, tiled-roofed three-bay carriage barn/garage; fish pond; and formal garden. The Stifel family occupied the home until 1976, when the family gave it to the
Oglebay Institute
Oglebay Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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