Site of Greenbrier Seventh Day Baptist Church, organized Aug. 1870 by members of New Salem church, est. 1792 in Salem. Met in log building; new church dedicated, 1880; razed, 1975. Rev. Peter Davis (1783-1885), original settler & Rev. Jacob Davis . . . — — Map (db m142418) HM
The West Virginia Industrial
Home for Girls was established by act of the Legislature,
February 18, 1897, for the rehabilitation of girls who need
assistance in becoming useful
citizens of the State. It was
formally opened May 5, 1899. — — Map (db m174654) HM
Chartered, 1794, and settled by colony of families from New Jersey. Site of blockhouse where troops were stationed during Indian wars to guard the trail from the Ohio to the West Fork settlements. It is the seat of Salem College. — — Map (db m170909) HM
Salem developed as a result of the oil boom around the turn of the twentieth century. A major fire devastated the downtown in 1902 destroying the majority of the wood-framed buildings along Main Street. Subsequently, much of Main Street was . . . — — Map (db m173878) HM
Constructed in 1912, this depot served on the
transcontinental railway, with its last passing train
in 1985. The depot was restored in the 1990's by
citizens of the Salem area. The project was funded
through the Intermodal Surface . . . — — Map (db m170859) HM
The United States Department of Agriculture was authorized by Congress in 1953 to carry out a program of flood prevention and erosion control for Salem Fork.
The project was seven (7) earth dams along with land treatment measures to control . . . — — Map (db m173890) HM
