Market House Cache Mystery Cache

Kid Friendly Lunchtime Cache Cache In - Trash Out! Available year-round Accessible in Winter Rails to Trails Beware of Muggles! Historic Site

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THE FINAL CACHE IS IN A NEW LOCATION SOME OF THE NUMBERS FROM THE PLAQUES HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE NEW LOCATION AS WELL !!!!

For this cache hunt,you will explore the charming,historical area of the Center Market House,while gathering digits from historical markers and other things in the area.

They will be used to get to the final cache (ALL CLUES ARE ON MARKET STREET AND IT IS AN EASY SHORT WALK TO GATHER THE CLUES ).

Park on either side of the Center Market as you will walk both streets gathering numbers.

The final cache coordinates are listed below as letters.

Please read the clues carefully and substitute the correct digits for the letters into the right spaces.

HERE IS SOME INFO ABOUT THE CENTER WHEELING MARKET HOUSE.

Built in 1853, the Upper Market House is the only cast iron columned market house in the country. The building has 54 hollow Roman Doric columns cast in Wheeling, Virginia. Every other column innovatively acted as a downspout for the roof The building was constructed as an open market, but was enclosed in 1886. This market house has been in continuous operation since the mid-nineteenth century.

The Lower Market House, built in 1890, is a Romanesque brick structure. The central brick arches are adorned with four carved, round, concave, stone medallions. Beaded mouldings contain a ram head, a bull head, a stallion head and a boar head, carved in full relief.

Flanking the two Market Houses are almost uninterrupted sequences of historic commercial buildings. Many of these, along with the Market itself are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

You should print this cache page to record the answers to the clues for the final coordinates for the cache itself.

The cache is a 1/2 gallon jug painted green located on the rails to trails walking/bike path.

The distance involved is a short walk to get the answers needed, and you should be able to complete the entire hunt in less than 45 minutes, unless you want to take longer to explore some of the shops.

FINAL CACHE COORDINATES:

NORTH. A B° C D° E F G

WEST. H I J° K L° M N O

The coordinates listed at the top of this page will put you between the 2 Market Houses.Park anywhere you would like to and walk around the Market house for a bit of history and the answers needed.

NOTE!!! You will need 5 or 10 cents for the parking meter if you don't see any free parking in the small aleyways.

There is no order in which to collect the clues. Just put them in their right spot

A. Is the time of day the market house opened in the 1800's it is found on the plaque for the upper market house. (this plaque is on the corner of the markethouse by the posted coordinates)for the cache listing

B. is the 6th # of kegs of nails produced in one year on the plaque of the Flaccus Building.

C. is the last # of the closing times of any day for Colemans fish market its located on the doors to the lower Market House

D. is the 4th # of the year for the city council meeting on 7-28-185__ on a plaque for the center market bell located at the end of the uper market across the street from Wesbanco bank.

E. is the 3rd # of the year on the plaque- 18?8 for the Zink house

F. is the 3rd # of the address for the Thoner House 22?8

G. is the # of doors to the Market House where the center market bell is located only count the doors on that end of the building by the bell (not the side entrances)

H. Is the 4th # of kegs of nails produced in one year on the plaque of the Flaccus Building

I. is the 2nd # of the year on the plaque- 1??7 on the Thoner House

J.Is the 3rd. # of the year for the Nesbitt House 19??

K.Is the time of day the market house opened in the 1800's it is found on the plaque for the upper market house. (this plaque is on the corner of the markethouse by the starting coordinates)

L. is the 4th # of the year on the plaque of the Nesbit house-190__

M. is the 1st # of the price of one book at the Paradox Book Store

N. is the first # of the day of the month the Iron Market House opened for business 10-?7-1853,it is on the plaque for the upper market house.(this plaque is on the corner of the markethouse)

O. is the 2nd.# of the years the still was in operation it is found on the plaque for the Weingerter Building 1?20 (Buds club)

That's it! You now have the coordinates for the cache.You can walk or drive to the location of the cache

Lots of muggles use this trail in warm weather.Please use steath at the cache site.

APPROACH THE CACHE FROM THE WALKING TRAIL TO AVOID MOST OF THE BAMBOO LOOKING PLANTS.

Cache is a painted green gallon plastic container with a green lid. Its contents when placed were a log book,a pencil & pen,Tigger pen,Pirates button,rocket pin,lifeboat pin,Pez without the candy,key chain,and a GEO cachemobile bumper sticker.