Historical Marker
The Hess House
Historical marker location:
811 Main St, Wheeling, West Virginia
( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 40) just south of 8th Street, on the right when traveling south.)
The first African American to serve as a member of the United States Senate was Hiram Rhodes Revels, who was born in Fayetteville, West Virginia, in 1827.