The Phillips House

Historical marker location:

653 Main St, Wheeling, West Virginia

( Marker is on Main Street (West Virginia Route 2) just north of 7th Street (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling south.)

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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.