Canty Hall
Built circa 1900
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m178737) HM
East Hall
Built circa 1893
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m178736) HM
President McNeill's leadership, 1973-1981, was marked by vision, insight and courage. He developed the community college component, expanded the continuing education program, updated the campus master plan with emphasis on the renovations of older . . . — — Map (db m178729) HM
President Carter's numerous achievements, 1987-, are astounding. His leadership resulted in three-year strategic plans; redesignation as an 1890 land grant college; the business, industry and education cluster; weekly television and radio programs; . . . — — Map (db m178732) HM
President Jones, 1898-1909, was a visionary, speaker, writer, and man of action who brought the school a national reputation for excellence. He raised academic standards, added new and expanded existing departments, constructed four new buildings, . . . — — Map (db m178721) HM
Principal Campbell, 1892-1894, successfully led West Virginia Colored Institute through its infancy. Admission standards were established, enrollment doubled, teacher and military training were made an important part of the curriculum, the first . . . — — Map (db m178717) HM
Principal Hill's tenure, 1894-1898, was noted by the expansion of the campus with the construction of four new buildings to accommodate the school's growing enrollment. He initiated the concept of tailoring instruction to the individual needs of . . . — — Map (db m178718) HM
President Davis' tenure, 1919-1953, brought sweeping and numerous changes, numerous honors, and unmatched distinction. He recruited an outstanding faculty, set high standards, added many activities, and had the name changed to West Virginia State . . . — — Map (db m178723) HM
The history of the Kappa Diamond
The diamond is one of the most adored and recognized symbols of the fraternity. Its significance is highly treasured by the members of our Noble Clan. Our badge was designed by Found Byron K. Armstrong at . . . — — Map (db m178738) HM
Theta Psi Chapter History
Theta Psi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. was founded at West Virginia State College on May 26, 1926. The seven men who diligently worked toward the founding of the chapter were L.K. McKenzie, . . . — — Map (db m178741) HM
A native of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson first came to Institute at the age of 10 to attend the high school that used to be part of West Virginia State's campus. After graduating high school at age 15, . . . — — Map (db m178734) HM
President Cole's dynamic leadership, 1982-1986, resulted in many academic innovations, a policies and procedures manual, and a revised master plan. Hist commitment to academics led to a new General Education Program that included a core curriculum, . . . — — Map (db m178730) HM
In memory of these West Virginia State College R.O.T.C. graduates who died in military action for their country.
1LT Raymond B. Gilbert Korea
2LT Gerald T. Robbins Korea
1LT Milton L. Majette . . . — — Map (db m178715) WM
First public black college in state founded in 1891 as West Virginia Colored Institute. In 1927 was first fully accredited black land-grant college in US. In 1915, became West Virginia Collegiate Institute; in 1929, West Virginia State College. . . . — — Map (db m81413) HM
Famous as the church of Booker T. Washington, this church began in 1852 with a group of enslaved Christians. During the Civil War, Pastor Lewis Rice organized them into one of the nation's first churches started and completely controlled by slaves. . . . — — Map (db m237984) HM
Born Ca. 1856, Washington moved to Kanawha Salines, now Malden, as a child. He attended a black school while holding salt, coal, and other jobs. In 1872, he went to Hampton Institute, graduating in 1875. For two years he taught public & Sunday . . . — — Map (db m178850) HM
Dedicated with Gratitude to our Early 20th Century Malden Families especially those of African Ancestry named here who knew and helped him become a Great Educator, Statesman and Leader.
1900 - 1910
Wayne Isaac Liggens Strudwick . . . — — Map (db m178854) HM
Malden. Early salt-making industry that was centered here peaked in the 1850s. In 1755, Mary Ingles and Betty Draper made salt for their Indian captors here at "Buffalo Salt Licks." John Dickinson bought the site in 1785. Wells sunk by Brooks . . . — — Map (db m76880) HM
In cemetery nearby is grave of Dr. Henry Ruffner, eminent theologian and writer, called father of Presbyterianism in the Kanawha region. After his ministry, he became head of Washington College, Lexington, Va. Wrote Ruffner Pamphlet. — — Map (db m76879) HM
Oldest of its kind in nation. Founded in 1902 by William W. Wertz and other Elk River residents to raise the civic, religious and educational standards of the community. The group meets for three days every August at its home site, Rockwood Glen. . . . — — Map (db m140132) HM
Pioneer cabin built by Henry McWhorter a Revolutionary soldier, in 1793, at McWhorter's Mill, now Jane Lew and used as home, church, school, and postoffice, was moved to its present site and presented to the state by his descendants August 14, . . . — — Map (db m197580) HM
Built in 1882, the Weston Colored School was the fourth school erected with public funds for black children in West Virginia. It served the African-American community until desegregation in 1954. Later uses included a vocational agriculture . . . — — Map (db m197511) HM
According to law then in place for the education of children of color, it was not until 1880 that Weston had a sufficient number of African-American children to support the requisite segregated classrooms. The third such building constructed in . . . — — Map (db m197829) HM
Home of West Virginia's First Black/White Football Game, Dunbar High School Tigers vs. Fairmont Senior High School Polar Bears September 30, 1954. — — Map (db m181258) HM
Founded through private enterprise in 1865. Established as a state institution in 1867 and
known as Fairmont State Normal School. Became Fairmont State Teachers College, 1931. Name Fairmont State College
was adopted in 1943. — — Map (db m172338) HM
The cornerstone of the first Dunbar School which began as The Fairmont Colored School built in 1903. It replaced the original wood frame building that is marked on the map. Dunbar Street overlooks downtown Fairmont. In 1909 it became known as Dunbar . . . — — Map (db m130193) HM
This Bridge donated by David Pollock Esq. & James Rizer. Originally sat at the
Elementary School in Aleppo, PA. It was moved and constructed by members of Boy Scout Troop #92. Engineered by Nick Lilley - May 2015 — — Map (db m161151) HM
A partnership of the John Marshall High School Horticulture Department
and the Cockayne Farmstead Preservation Project of the Marshall County Historical Society.
The contemporary garden and orchard, first planted by JMHS . . . — — Map (db m164735) HM
Educator and historian born near West
Columbia, July 6, 1848; died in Mason
City, December 5, 1912; was buried in
Point Pleasant. He founded the Southern
Historical Magazine in 1892; was State
Superintendent of Schools, 1893-97; . . . — — Map (db m124886) HM
This home is believed to have been built for James Menager around 1882. Taliaferro and Margaret Stribling purchased the home in 1903 and lived here for many years. Mr. Stribling had a life-long banking career and Mrs. Stribling was a teacher in . . . — — Map (db m189719) HM
This is the former home of Judge George and Livia
Simpson Poffenbarger, Mrs. Poffenbarger organized
the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter of the D.A.R. The
chapter first met in this home in February 1901. Mrs.
Poffenbarger is credited with getting . . . — — Map (db m189738) HM
This site was at one time the muster ground for the state militia and the soldiers of the Civil War. On January 26, 1891, the doors of Central School opened to all white children living in town. Due to increased enrollment, a cement block building . . . — — Map (db m178683) HM
Mitchell first established this building in the mercantile business with a specialty for supplies. There has been a business on this spot since that time. The Point Pleasant River Museum was established in 2003 with a focus on the history, the lore . . . — — Map (db m178636) HM
Charleston, W.Va., native and one of only three Mountaineer boxers to win a national championship in the history of the program (1933-50) captured the 1938 national title at 165 pounds and helped WVU earn a three-way tie of the national team title . . . — — Map (db m178680) HM
Chartered as Concord State Normal School, February 28, 1872. Relocated in 1910 to present campus. In 1931 name changed to Concord State Teachers College, in 1943 to Concord College and in 2004 to Concord University. — — Map (db m161242) HM
Established, 1895, by WV Legislature as Bluefield Colored Institute; 1929 became Bluefield State Teachers College. Renamed in 1943, Bluefield State College has continued providing quality higher education for all citizens of the area. — — Map (db m90505) HM
Established as the Bluefield Colored Institute by act of the Legislature in 1895. Later the school became an institution of higher learning for Negroes. Renamed and given its present title in 1929. — — Map (db m90502) HM
Old Union Blacksmith Shop on East Street was on this Square, as well as a second one located at 107 West Street. The first school building built for white children stood where the Magistrate Court Annex is now located on West Street. About 1870 a . . . — — Map (db m152820) HM
Former Keyser High School Was built near the site of the Armstrong/Davis Mansion. During the Civil War, a confederate soldier was buried on the grounds of the Armstrong Mansion to keep his body from lying in the street. — — Map (db m152791) HM
Named in honor of the Union fortification
-Fort Fuller-
which stood on the grounds of the
college campus during the Civil War
1861 - 1865 — — Map (db m182740) HM
This Memorial is to pay tribute to Keyser's Medal of Honor recipient Jonah Edward Kelley. Born and raised in this area, Ed Kelley represented the best of West Virginia—character, values, hard work and sheer determination to do what's . . . — — Map (db m152792) HM
Chartered, Feb. 15, 1901, as Keyser Preparatory Branch of West Virginia University. Became Potomac State School, 1921; Potomac State School of West Virginia University, 1935; Potomac State (junior) College, West Virginia University, 1953. — — Map (db m36837) HM
John W. English. We had an idea. Build trails for riders from all over the country to come here to enjoy the
beautiful mountains and to interact with the people of West Virginia.
Build the trails on private property with the cooperation of . . . — — Map (db m178367) HM
Site of West Virginia University's first building erected solely for the work of medical education. This 14' by 20' structure was built at a cost of $350 and used for dissection of cadavers. It became known locally as "The Hick House due to a . . . — — Map (db m178202) HM
Morgan District High School was the original home of this School Bell. In 1939, upon the completion of a W. P. A. Addition, the building was renamed Sabraton Junior High. When the school closed in 1980, the students were moved to the new South . . . — — Map (db m176832) HM
Brooks Hall, named in honor of Chandler, Fred, Amos, and Alonzo Brooks, originally opened in 1951. Brooks Hall was home to the University's biology department until its relocation into the Life Sciences Building in the fall of 2002. Fall 2007, . . . — — Map (db m134280) HM
William Raber built this house in 1810 near Maidsville in Cass District, Monongalia County. After receiving the land from his father Christopher Raber in 1809, William willed the house and farm to his youngest son Samuel in 1849. Samuel Raber and . . . — — Map (db m196523) HM
Built in 1893, this building was named for Oliver Perry Chitwood, West Virginia University Professor of History from 1907 to 1946. During that period, his textbook on American colonial history was used throughout the country. The building originally . . . — — Map (db m134295) HM
The Core Arboretum was part of the Krepps Farm until 1948, when West Virginia University purchased land for the Evansdale campus. The WVU Department of Biology manages the 91 acre arboretum as a place for research, study, exercise and quiet . . . — — Map (db m153674) HM
A typical dictionary definition states that an arboretum is "a place where trees and other plants are grown for purposes of science, education, and display." Most of the Core Arboretum is natural woodland.
West Virginia University acquired the . . . — — Map (db m172813) HM
This unusual tree is a dawn-redwood, Metascquoia glyptostroboides. Like larches and baldcypresses, dawn-redwoods are cone-bearing trees that shed their leaves in the fall.
Metasequoia was once thought to be an extinct genus of trees . . . — — Map (db m173234) HM
West Virginia University was chartered by an act of the Legislature on February 7, 1867 and was called the "Agricultural College of West Virginia." In 1868, the name was changed to "West Virginia University." As early as 1867, the liberal arts . . . — — Map (db m134284) HM
Elizabeth Moore Hall
Built in 1928
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m134306) HM
Walkway is named in honor of F. Duke Perry and is dedicated to honor his vision and leadership of the West Virginia University Foundation from 1999 through 2006. Under his guidance, the construction of One Waterfront Place served as the foundation . . . — — Map (db m195962) HM
West Virginia's rich traditions and culture nurtured an artistic
sensibility in Burl Jones which enabled him to become one of the
country's most respected bronze sculptors. Born near Charleston,
Burl excelled in academics and athletics and . . . — — Map (db m173212) HM
This lawn area was a farm field when WVU acquired it in 1948. By 1951, Biology Department faculty and graduate students began to plant trees and shrubs here for purposes of study and display.
At first, the emphasis of the plantings was on . . . — — Map (db m172806) HM
For all that he was as an All-American basketball player at West Virginia University, there are many who believed "Hot" Rod Hundley could have been so much more. He was a self-made basketball player who played the game the way he wanted - which . . . — — Map (db m175962) HM
Jerry West, a native of Chelyan, W.Va., established 17 WVU records and led the Mountaineers to a mark of 61-12 during his career (1958-60) as West Virginia
earned three straight NCAA berths and came within two points of winning the national . . . — — Map (db m175833) HM
84 Paul Bischoff
First Time All-American - 1952
66 Chuck Howley
Super Bowl V MVP
NFL All-Pro - 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
75 Sam Huff
Pro Football Hall of Fame - 1982
. . . — — Map (db m174360) HM
20 Russ Meredith
First Team All-American - 1922
12 Oliver Luck
NFL Executive
CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame - 2000
90 Darryl Talley
College Football Hall of Fame - . . . — — Map (db m174361) HM
10 Steve Slaton
Consensus All-American - 2006
Sugar Bowl MVP - 2006
5 Pat White
NCAA Career Rushing Record for Quarterbacks
Big East Offensive Player of the Year - 2007
37 Tom . . . — — Map (db m174365) HM
9 Major Harris
College Football Hall of Fame - 2009
ECAC Player of the Year - 1988, 1989
11 Fred Wyant
Southern Conference Player of the Year - 1954
30-4 record as starting quarterback
42 . . . — — Map (db m174366) HM
32 Garrett Ford Sr.
Southern Conference Player of the Year - 1966
First 1,000-yard rusher in school history
Don Nehlen
College Football Hall of Fame - 2005
Winningest Coach in WVU History (1980 - . . . — — Map (db m174367) HM
32 Aaron Beasley
Consensus All-American - 1995
Football News Defensive Player of the Year - 1995
6 Grant Wiley
Consensus All-American - 2003
Big East Rookie of the Year - 2000
21 Ira Errett Rodgers
. . . — — Map (db m174370) HM
38 Joe Stydahar
Pro Football Hall of Fame - 1967
College Football Hall of Fame - 1956
10 Marc Bulger
NFL Pro Bowl - 2004, 2007
NFL Pro Bowl MVP - 2004
44 Jim . . . — — Map (db m174371) HM
96 John Thornton
First Team All-American - 1998
Played 10 Seasons in the NFL
3 Stedman Bailey
Biletnikoff Semifinalist 2012
WVU's single season (25) touchdown receptions leader
WVU's career . . . — — Map (db m211311) HM
Bobby Bowden
College Football Hall of Fame - 2006
WVU Head Football Coach (1970 - 75)
15 Jeff Hostetler
Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV Champion
NFL . . . — — Map (db m211491) HM
West Virginia Equal Suffrage Assn. President, 1916-1917 & woman's Christian temperance union leader. Helped establish Elizabeth Moore Hall. — — Map (db m223024) HM
Completed in 1870, Martin Hall is West Virginia University's oldest building. It was named for the Reverend Alexander Martin, the University's first president from 1867 to 1875. The building was extensively renovated in 1976-77. — — Map (db m134297) HM
Built in 1913 and 1914 under the direction of U.S. Department of Treasury Supervising Architect Oscar Wenderoth and at a cost of $97,000, this cut stone and marble Neoclassical structure housed the U.S. Postal Service and federal agencies in . . . — — Map (db m183224) HM
The 35,000-seat Mountaineer Field was the home of West Virginia University football from 1924-79, and the Mountaineers held a 169-81-12 all-time record there. Athletic director Harry A. Stansbury authorized construction on the stadium at the . . . — — Map (db m179705) HM
This apple tree (Malus domestica), Flower of Kent variety, is a direct descendant of the one that dropped that famous apple on Sir Isaac Newton, inspiring his theory of gravity.
It grew from a sapling given to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV by . . . — — Map (db m175238) HM
Oglebay Hall
built in 1918
Has Been Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m134305) HM
Martin Hall, home of the Perley Isaac School of Journalism since 1953, was completed in 1870, three years after West Virginia University was chartered. The Reverend Alexander Martin, the University's first president, had an office in the building . . . — — Map (db m134292) HM
Purinton House
Built in 1904 - 1905
Has Been Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m156325) HM
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
Harold L. Ickes
Administrator of Public Works — — Map (db m192901) HM
Stewart Hall
(Old Library Building)
Built in 1902
Has Been Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m134307) HM
Zadock Morris, a Revolutionary War Veteran, established his residence at Doll's Run and by 1810 had constructed the cabin which now serves as The Office. Zadock and his wife Elizabeth transferred the property to their son Ezekial and wife Sarah in . . . — — Map (db m196358) HM
Founded by the Legislature on February 7, 1867 as the Agricultural College of West Virginia under terms of the Federal Land-Grant Act of 1862. On December 4, 1868, the name was changed to West Virginia University. — — Map (db m74626) HM
Founded by the Legislature on February 7, 1867, as the Agricultural College of West Virginia under terms of the Federal Land-Grant Act of 1862. On December 4, 1868, the name was changed to West Virginia University. — — Map (db m114316) HM
Through the hospitality of the
Board of Governors, President & Faculty
of the
West Virginia University
irreplaceable books and
herbarium specimens
belonging to
The New York Botanical Garden
were graciously given shelter in . . . — — Map (db m134317) HM
