For the first 22 years, West Virginia University was an all-male institution.
In 1889, 10 brave women enrolled as degree candidates.
In 1891, one of these women, Hariet Eliza Lyon, graduated first in her class.
One-hundred years . . . — — Map (db m134282) HM
Woodburn Circle, comprised of Martin Hall, Woodburn Hall, and Chitwood Hall, is the historic center of West Virginia University. The name Woodburn was selected by Reverend John R. Moore, principal of the Monongalia Academy and later . . . — — Map (db m164636) HM
The name Woodburn derives directly from Woodburn Female Seminary, which occupied this site before the university was established in 1867. Woodburn means grove of trees and it described the grove of beech trees which once covered the area. Completed . . . — — Map (db m164635) HM
From the beginning of the coal boom and earlier, Scott's Run has had a music heritage. Entertainment was banjo, guitar and gospel music to soothe the soul. The FSA photographers of the 30s documented a moment in this time. Our own Al Anderson . . . — — Map (db m175871) HM
From 1938 to 1954, Monongalia High was the only African American high school in the county. New Deal WPA funds paid for the new school. Dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt on May 27, 1938, it served black high school students until 1954, when the county . . . — — Map (db m213807) HM
These stones were taken from the sites of Cass District, Waitman Barbe, and Westover Junior High Schools, symbolizing their merger to become Westwood Middle School. — — Map (db m182065) HM
H.L. Dickason, a noted educator from Lindside and the grandson of slaves, graduated from Bluefield Colored Institute in 1910 and The Ohio State University in 1913. He returned to BCI to teach math and as president from 1936 to 1952 led Bluefield . . . — — Map (db m98900) HM
West Virginia’s first Corn Club was organized at Pickaway School on idea of county superintendent C.A. Keadle, with support from WVU Agricultural Dean T.C. Atkenson. WVU Extension Dept. provided 71 schoolchildren with tested seed in 1908 and 46 . . . — — Map (db m23998) HM
It could be called "education hill" given the assortment of learning institutions that have been located on the crest of an area bounded by the Dutch Cemetery on the west and WV9 on the south. Part of the Green Addition to town, it was known as Mt. . . . — — Map (db m117312) HM
Keslers Cross Lanes. Here at the crossroads was an area of early settlement and growth. In 1854 Fred Kessler & John Vaughan opened store; Vaughan appointed postmaster. Site of first meeting of Nicholas County Court; significant Civil War . . . — — Map (db m76618) HM
Here on Peter’s Creek, mouth
of Whitewater, was a log school
with greased paper windows
dirt floor and split log seats
for Nicholas County students from Bucks Garden to Meadows (Keslers Cross Lanes). Opened 1809, teacher Joseph Pierson. — — Map (db m138039) HM
North, Joseph Ray, who wrote the celebrated Ray’s Arithmetic, was born, Nov. 25, 1807. At the age of 16, Ray went to Cincinnati where in 1834 he published the first of his series of textbooks on arithmetic and algebra. — — Map (db m518) HM
Completed in 1929, Curtis Hall originally housed biology and chemistry classrooms and laboratories and later the physics and dental hygiene departments. The structure's name honored members of the Curtis family, who served the College as . . . — — Map (db m196449) HM
From 1932 to 1970, McColloch Hall contained West Liberty State College's library. It also housed an art department, home economics, and the first student union - The Center. Originally erected as a freestanding building, it was joined with Curtis . . . — — Map (db m196454) HM
To the memory of
Raymond Van Montgomery
Captain of the 1919 Football Team
who paid the supreme sacrifice for
West Liberty State Normal
at Warwood, W. Va. November 11, 1919
— — Map (db m196457) HM WM
Methodist minister and educator Gordon Battelle was a delegate to state's first Constitutional Convention in 1861. Battelle was instrumental in the inclusion of free public education, but his efforts at gradual emancipation of slaves failed. In . . . — — Map (db m142391) HM
Established in 1848 and incorporated as the Wheeling Female Academy in 1852. Founded by the Sisters of the Visitation and the Right Reverend R. V. Whelan, Bishop of Richmond, to educate Catholic women. Academy moved to this site and into the main . . . — — Map (db m31056) HM
On this site stood Wheeling High School. The bricks and the mortar are gone, but the memory of her will linger on in the hearts of those who loved her. — — Map (db m83126) HM
They arrived in Wheeling, April 13, 1853 to teach, nurse in hospitals, take care of orphans, and help the poor. They left Carondelet (St. Louis) Missouri by boat, traveling down the Mississippi River to Cairo, Illinois and then up the Ohio River to . . . — — Map (db m196365) HM
Home of Anna Wallace (1867-1952), in 1922 the first woman elected as Superintendent of Schools for Pocahontas County. Ten women were elected county superintendents in 1922, the first year WV women were able to run for that office after passage of . . . — — Map (db m104285) HM
The beautiful building in front of you was built in 2015, but the history of Central Preston Middle School is much deeper. Central Preston Middle School was formed during the 1991-1992 school year as a result of the county high schools . . . — — Map (db m246189) HM
The cross country course traverses the hills and valleys of the Preston High campus and the county farm property. One specific part of the course that is notorious is the hill known as Hillacious. Hillacious was created in 2002 by then Preston . . . — — Map (db m246108) HM
Kingwood High School was built in 1922. The architect was Francis J. Simmons. Over the years, the building has also housed Central Preston Senior High School and Central Preston Middle School. The building stopped being used by the school system . . . — — Map (db m246015) HM
Incorporated as an educational institution by Act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1841, the Preston Academy building was completed by 1844 and served this purpose until 1875, when it was converted to a private residence. When fire destroyed . . . — — Map (db m198831) HM
Preston High School (PHS) opened in 1992 and was created from the consolidation of Bruceton High, Central Preston High, East Preston High, and West Preston High. The school was built on the site of the existing vocational and academic center. In . . . — — Map (db m245506) HM
Old Rowlesburg Church Property
First School, City Hall, Church
Telegraph Office
Est. c. 1848
Downtown Rowlesburg Historic District — — Map (db m200784) HM
Lawnvale. One mile north, home of Dr. T. C.
Atkeson, head of Grange for
many years. Dean of the West Virginia
College of Agriculture and
author of many works on
agriculture. For nearly 50
years, Atkeson was a leader
among farmers of . . . — — Map (db m137323) HM
Established in 1849 by a joint stock company. First principal was George Rosetter. The school flourished until Civil War began, when it was occupied alternately by soldiers of the Federal and Confederate armies. After the War, the property was . . . — — Map (db m137307) HM
Chartered in 1837, the town of Buffalo predates the formation of Putnam County in 1848. Possibly named
after the nearby Big Buffalo Creek, the town was from its beginnings inextricably tied to river trade and
to agriculture. In its early days, . . . — — Map (db m137327) HM
Byrd Prillerman High School was established here in 1927 for the Afro American students in this coal mining area. Named in honor of a former slave who was an eminent state educator and President of West Virginia State College. The two story frame . . . — — Map (db m138167) HM
Gone are the days of the early 1800s in which African Americans were mainly provided education by missionaries and charitable organizations. The WV legislature passed a bill in 1866 that provided public schools for black students, but revised it in . . . — — Map (db m161232) HM
From 1921-65 school served students from coal towns Hot Coal, Big Stick Woodbay, McAlpin, Stotesbury, Tams, Ury, Helen, Amigo, Sophia and Slab Fork. Robert C. Byrd, valedictorian, Mark Twain High School class of 1934, served in West Virginia . . . — — Map (db m138164) HM
In 1950, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established a training and testing facility near McCreery. Chosen for its unique directional flows and proximity to Bluestone Dam, this section of the New River also allowed testing of floating bridge . . . — — Map (db m176827) HM
The Beverly Academy built by Lernuel Chenoweth in 1858 replaced the "old log school"
on Court Street. The probable location of the academy was east of US Route
250-219 and just north of the toll house on the then Beverly and Fairmont . . . — — Map (db m165117) HM
The third New Deal resettlement community in West Virginia, the Tygart Valley
Homesteads were established beginning in 1933 as a part of the Federal Division of
Subsistence Homesteads. 198 homes in the communities of Dailey, East Dailey, . . . — — Map (db m165096) HM
Jimtown. Formerly known as Fair Hope for one-room school located at the junction of Findley and Yeager Roads circa 1898 to 1953. Later named for James J. "Squire Jim" Phillips (1855-1937), a former Justice of the Peace. During the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m61075) HM
Kump House
Home of Gov. Herman Guy Kump. Built 1924-25, on site of Civil War-era Goddin Tavern. Designed by Clarence Harding of Washington, DC. Eleanor Roosevelt and other notables were guests during 1930s and '40s. Named to National . . . — — Map (db m23300) HM
Stephen Benton Elkins. Businessman, politician, co-founder City of Elkins. Born in Ohio, 1841; died in Washington, DC, 1911. Secretary of War, 1891–1893; U.S. Senator from WV, 1895–1911. National figure in Republican Party for more . . . — — Map (db m14433) HM
Established in 1909 to give a home for orphans and for neglected children. Children are kept here until 18 years old unless a home has been found for them. Educational advantages and home training are offered. — — Map (db m243795) HM
Sandstone Visitor Center was constructed in 2003 to provide knowledge and information, inspiring a personal connection for visitors to New River Gorge National River and to our national park system. The site of the visitor center is an important . . . — — Map (db m100021) HM
Opened on this site in 1865 by Free Will Baptists led by local resident Rev. F. J. Cather. Chartered by the legislature June 26, 1868. Rev. A.D. Williams became the first president and served until 1870 when he resigned to become Superintendent of . . . — — Map (db m238019) HM
The West Virginia Industrial School for Boys was established in 1889 by an act of the Legislature and was formally opened July 21, 1891 for the purpose of training boys commited to the Institution by the courts of West Virginia. — — Map (db m74923) HM
Although West Virginia was not universally a "Jim Crow" segregated state, state law required separate facilities for schooling. Davis and Coketon, a community near Thomas, each had separate schools for African American students. The African . . . — — Map (db m236910) HM
In 1892, Coketon Colored School teacher Carrie Williams sued the local school board for equal pay. She was represented by the first African American lawyer in WV, J.R. Clifford, in front of Judge Hoke. Local jury found for her and she won appeal at . . . — — Map (db m74854) HM
Incorporated July 20, 1885 by William H. Lipscomb, John J. Adams, Bascom B. Baker, Ezekiel Harper, Sansome E. Parsons, Wilson B. Maxwell, Adam C. Minear, and William E. Talbott. The school ceased to operate in June, 1893. — — Map (db m203448) HM
Segregated school located along the North Fork of the Blackwater that served Coketon, center of coal and coke empire of H. G. Davis. In 1892 teacher Carrie Williams, represented by J. R. Clifford, state’s first African Amerian lawyer, sued when . . . — — Map (db m82119) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Oldest County High School in West Virginia — — Map (db m237524) HM
In 1872 George H. Clark opened his saddler shop at this location. However in 1984, a fire swept through this block of Main Street, destroying most of the buildings including the one that stood here. Following the fire, C.E. Mylius built the . . . — — Map (db m178947) HM
Settled by colonists from New England. French Creek Academy was important early school. Asa Brooks started religious services here, 1816, from which grew the Presbyterian Church. Here, 1828, was formed early total abstinence society. — — Map (db m178895) HM
Heavner Cemetery is the final resting place of many notable West Virginians, including Daniel D. T. Farnsworth, West Virginia’s second governor; George R. Latham, Union Colonel and statesman; and Laura Jackson Arnold, revered Civil War nurse and . . . — — Map (db m173429) HM
On Nov 14, 1970, 75 people died in the worst sports related air tragedy in U.S. history, when a Southern Airways DC-9 crashed into the hillside nearby. The victims included 36 Marshall University football players, 9 coaches and administrators, 25 . . . — — Map (db m73743) HM
Wayne County High School opened on September 11, 1922 in a two-story
frame house where the Community Center sits. The brick school building
shown here was completed in 1925. In the 1940s. concrete bleachers
were built overlooking the football . . . — — Map (db m204071) HM
Favorite gathering site for Jerry's Run and nearby residents during late 1800s-early 1900s; as well as rest stop for tired travelers for refreshing sulphur water. Nearby, a brief Civil War skirmish in 186 resulted in killing of Confederate James . . . — — Map (db m178890) HM
This park is dedicated to the memory of Albert Johnson Woofter, who for 42 years heralded Parkersburg and the Little Kanawha area through his popular Town and Country column and other writings in the Parkersburg News.
Al was one of the . . . — — Map (db m124245) HM
Founded in 1867, Parkersburg High’s
current Tudor structure is a Frank
Packard design built in 1917. PHS
was the state’s largest high school
until 1940 and served all of the
city until 1967, when a second high
school opened on the South Side . . . — — Map (db m124211) HM
Politician, journalist, barber, and civic leader
Founder of the first public school for African Americans
south of the Mason-Dixon Line, riding horseback to Washington, D.C., to ask President Abraham Lincoln for a government building in . . . — — Map (db m189833) HM
Sumner School. Established in January 1862 thru the leadership of Robert Simmons. First free school south of Mason-Dixon Line. Later named for abolitionist senator Charles Sumner. First high school class graduated, 1887. Closed in 1955 as . . . — — Map (db m73516) HM
Born circa 1825, Walker was an
attorney in Wyoming County before
the Civil War. After enlisting in
the 7th WV Cavalry in 1861, he was
promoted to adjutant in the state
militia in 1862. He was a delegate
to the constitutional convention
for . . . — — Map (db m138410) HM
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