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In 1863, West Virginia seceded from Virginia at the height of the American Civil War. Consequently, the new state had a shortage of various public institutions, including prisons. From 1863 to 1866, Governor Arthur I. Boreman lobbied the West Virginia Legislature for a state penitentiary but was repeatedly denied. The Legislature at first ...
Nov. 5—Explore a Gothic-style fortress, prehistoric burial ground and more with a daycation trip to Moundsville, W.Va. Sitting about 70 miles south of Pittsburgh, Moundsville is tucked along ...
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Moundsville is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. [4] The population was 8,122 at the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. The city was named for the nearby ancient Grave Creek Mound, constructed 250 to 100 BC by indigenous people of the Adena culture. [5]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
On January 1, 1986 a two-day riot began at the West Virginia State Penitentiary resulted in three inmate deaths. [3] The Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg, the first of the state's 10 regional jails opened in May 1989. The regional jails would gradually replace the 55 county jails. [4]
Built as a replacement for the Civil War-era West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville, Mount Olive Correctional Complex (MOCC) is located seven miles east of Montgomery on Cannelton Hollow Road in Fayette County. MOCC is the state's only maximum-security correctional facility and has a current capacity of 1,030 inmates.
Bushrod Washington Price House, also known as the Price-Burley House, is a historic home located at Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia. It was built about 1830, and is a five-bay, L-shaped brick dwelling in a Greek Revival / I-house style. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1]