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| Keywords: West Virginia Independence Hall in Wheeling, West Virginia LCCN2015632086.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 055 ; Credit line West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Forms part of West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Nearly six years before President Lincoln signed the proclamation carving West Virginia out of secessionist Virginia and making West Virginia the 35th State in the Union construction had begun on the Wheeling Custom House headquarters for federal offices for the Western District of Virginia Its completion coinciding with the beginning of the Civil War provided a facility for heated political discussions and constitutional conventions that led to eventual statehood for West Virginia in 1863 It is known today as West Virginia Independence Hall 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015632086 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/32000/32011a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 32011 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 32011 40 3 8527 0 N 80 43 3173 0 W alt 224_source exif_heading PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith Wheeling West Virginia | ||||