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Ravenswood "Old Town" Historic District is a national historic district located at Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia.It encompasses 313 contributing buildings and two contributing structures, the Ohio River Rail Road Steel Pratt-through truss Bridge and Concrete bridge on State Route 68 over Sandy Creek.
M&T Bank Corporation (Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company) is an American bank holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. [2] It operates 950+ branches in 12 states and Washington D.C. across the Eastern United States, from Maine to Virginia. [1] [3] Until May 1998, the bank's holding company was named First Empire State ...
In July 1863, the Battle of Buffington Island near Ravenswood became the only naval action in West Virginia. The 9th West Virginia supported the tinclad and ironclad naval vessels, and they and Union forces across the Ohio River captured 1700 Confederates and set the stage for the capture of CSA Major General John Hunt Morgan and ended his ...
Ravenswood public schools include Henry J. Kaiser Elementary School (Grades K-2), Ravenswood Grade School (Grades 3–5), Ravenswood Middle School (Grades 6–8), and Ravenswood High School (9–12). Ravenswood Grade School is located about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles outside of the town limits. The other schools are located within the town boundaries.
The hotel closed in 1968 and was demolished to clear the site for the bank building. The new building, designed by Martinsburg architect Willard F. Wurzburg, Jr. (1931-1985), opened in 1970, costing $500,000 to build. During construction, $85,000 was stolen from a bank vault being stored on the site.
Ravenswood District is one of two historic magisterial districts in the northern part of Jackson County. To the north, it is bounded by Grant District, to the east by Reedy District in Wirt County and Reedy District in Roane County; to the south by Washington, Ripley, and Union Districts, the three southern districts of Jackson County, and to the west by the northern portion of the Great Bend ...
West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X. Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive. G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia".
North Ravenswood is a neighborhood of Ravenswood in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, and a former unincorporated community. It was formerly named Elford , [ 2 ] and had its own post office.