Photo Provided The Ohio County County Cemeteries Foundation will host a restoration workshop by Atlas Preservation on Monday, June 29, at the Peninsula Cemetery in Wheeling. Those interested are encouraged to attend.

WHEELING – On Monday, June 29, the Ohio County Cemeteries Foundation will host a restoration workshop by Atlas Preservation at Wheeling’s Peninsula Cemetery.

It will be conducted by Jonathan Appell founder and CEO of Atlas Preservation, the foremost expert on cemetery restoration. The event is the only stop Atlas is making in West Virginia during its 48 State Tour.

“To learn from Jon Appell, whose experience in cemetery work spans over 30 years across the country, is an incredible opportunity,” said Jay Frey, president of the Foundation.

Attendance at the workshop can be used for community service credit.

The workshop is free and open to the public from 9 .m. to 3 p.m. More information is available at the Ohio County Cemeteries Foundation’s Facebook page, and 48statetour.com.

Since 2023, Ohio County Cemeteries Foundation volunteers have been cleaning and restoring monuments in cemeteries that lack funding for conservation work. Their current focus is Peninsula, Mt. Wood and Stone Church Cemeteries.

In 1851 the City of Wheeling purchased from Daniel Steenrod a 21-acre parcel containing for $8,260. This purchase established the new city cemetery. Once known simply as the City Cemetery, it’s also known as Peninsular Cemetery or the Peninsula Cemetery. Removals from the Hempfield Cemetery were placed in the southwest corner of the cemetery located off Rock Point Road. In 1964 the I-70 Interstate Road/Tunnel Project cut through the Peninsula Cemetery. More than 2,500 remains were exhumed and re-interred to several area cemeteries.