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St. Albans in Kanawha County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
 

Morgan Kitchen Museum

 
 
Morgan Kitchen Museum Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, August 11, 2010
1. Morgan Kitchen Museum Marker
Inscription. Constructed in 1846. This cabin served as kitchen house for the 600-acre estate of John Morgan. The day before the Battle of Scary, on July 16, 1861, Union troops commanded by Gen. Jacob D. Cox camped on the Morgan estate and were fed from this kitchen. Donated to the city of St. Albans by Albert Sidney Johnson Morgan, 1883-1973, this historic cabin was restored and is now known as Morgan Plantation Kitchen Museum.
 
Erected 1974 by West Virginia Department of Archives and History.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the West Virginia Archives and History series list. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1750.
 
Location. 38° 23.027′ N, 81° 48.077′ W. Marker is in St. Albans, West Virginia, in Kanawha County. Marker is at the intersection of MacCorkle Avenue (U.S. 60) and Pfaff Street, on the right when traveling west on MacCorkle Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Saint Albans WV 25177, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. St. Albans Archeological Site (approx. half a mile away); Bangor Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Birkett Davenport Fry (approx. 0.7 miles away); Washington's Land (approx. 1.4
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miles away); George Washington (approx. 1.4 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); East Hall (approx. 1.8 miles away); Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Albans.
 
Morgan Kitchen Museum image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, August 11, 2010
2. Morgan Kitchen Museum
Morgan Kitchen image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, August 11, 2010
3. Morgan Kitchen
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 896 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 14, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.

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