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Sistersville Historic District is a national historic district located at Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia.It encompasses 215 contributing buildings and one contributing structure that include the civic, commercial, and residential core of Sistersville.
Sistersville is a city in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,413 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] The Sistersville Ferry crosses the Ohio River to the unincorporated community of Fly in Monroe County, Ohio .
There are listings in every one of West Virginia's 55 counties. Listings range from prehistoric sites such as Grave Creek Mound , to Cool Spring Farm in the state's eastern panhandle, one of the state's first homesteads, to relatively newer, yet still historical, residences and commercial districts.
Arthur I. Boreman (1823–96) — West Virginia's first governor, moved to Middlebourne as an infant. He received his education and was admitted to the bar while resident here in 1845. [23] Cecil H. Underwood (1922-2008) — Twice governor of West Virginia, he was the 25th and 32nd Governor of West Virginia, from 1957 until 1961 and from 1997 ...
Cacapon and North Branch Turnpike BPW 555 (on 1848 map) Capon Bridge, WV to National Road (1838 ch. 188) Cedar Creek and Opequon Turnpike. Old Forge to Kernstown (1850-51) Charleston and Point Pleasant Turnpike BPW 556 (on 1848 map) Charleston, WV to Point Pleasant, WV (1834-35 ch. 115) AKA Elk River and Great Kanawha Road
The E. A. Durham House, also known as the Durham-Peters Residence, is a historic home located at Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was built in 1921, and is a 20-room Italian Renaissance Revival-style residence. It features pale stone and stucco and a low-pitched green tile roof.
"The View from the Border: West Virginia Republicans and Women's Rights in the Age of Emancipation," West Virginia History, Spring2009, Vol. 3 Issue 1, pp 57–80, 1861–1870 era; Gerofsky, Milton. "Reconstruction in West Virginia, Part I and II," West Virginia History 6 (July 1945); Part I, 295–360, 7 (October 1945): Part II, 5–39, Link ...
Wells-Twyford House is a historic home located near Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was built in 1854, and is a two-story, five-bay, I house plan dwelling with a rear ell and Greek Revival-style details. It has a gable roof and features a one-story, 26 foot long front porch.