The former West Virginia Penitentiary is a gothic-style fortress situated in the heart of historic Moundsville, West Virginia. Moundsville is located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, near the city of Wheeling. The structure, which has been placed on the National Historic Register, encompasses over ten acres of ground and was the second public building constructed by the newly formed state of West Virginia after the Civil War. The Gothic Revival style of architecture was popular in America from 1840-1880, for both domestic ... (more)