Klieves, Kraft & Company


Klieves, Kraft & Company was a building contractor and architectural firm in Wheeling, West Virginia. The firm was involved in the construction of West Virginia University's Woodburn Hall in the 1870s, among other historic structures in the state of West Virginia.

History

Established in 1868 by Charles C. Kraft, who emigrated from the Kingdom of Hanover in Germany in 1834, and Theodore C. Klieves who also emigrated from the Kingdom of Hanover in Germany in 1846, the firm later added Edgar W. Wells as a partner in 1878, as lead architect and designer.
Klieves, Kraft & Company stood at the head of the architecture, contracting and building business of West Virginia, building such historic structures as Woodburn Hall, and the homes of A. W. Kelly, George E. Stifel, Dr. Hazlett, A. W. Paull, McKinley, and other structures.

Partners

  • Bernard Klieves, president
  • Charles C. Kraft, treasurer
  • F. B. Klieves, secretary
  • Edgar W. Wells, architect and designer

National Register of Historic Places

Buildings on the National Register of Historic Places attributed to Klieves, Kraft & Company or its architects include: