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Archives and History traces its roots to the West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society, a quasi-public organization that maintained a library and museum in the state capitol and collected books, artifacts, and other materials for a 15-year period beginning in 1890. In 1905, the State of West Virginia created the Bureau of Archives and ...
The earliest history of the museum started with the West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society in 1890, as an established exhibit in the state capitol. [15] West Virginia governor William McCorkle opened the museum in 1894 and it moved to a capitol annex, followed by a move to the capitol basement. In 1976, the collection was re-housed in ...
The West Virginia Archives and History houses materials on the state from its earliest date to the present, including letters, diaries, maps, photographs, newspapers, state government records, and audiovisual materials. [ 31] The Ruth Ann Musick Library at Fairmont State University. Academic Library. Marion County.
This is a list of properties and historic districts in West Virginia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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 ...
Mid-19th-century period home of Civil War Col. George Imboden, schoolhouse, museum of historic household and cultural artifacts. Cook-Hayman Pharmacy Museum. Morgantown. Monongalia. Mountaineer Country. Medical. website, part of West Virginia University Medical Center, historic pharmacy display open by appointment.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hardy 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 a Google map.
The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Virginian Southern Unionists, who aimed to repeal the Ordinance of Secession that Virginia made during the American Civil War (1861–1865). It became one of two American states that formed during the American Civil War – the other ...
145 S Court St. 38°03′07″N 81°06′08″W / 38.051944°N 81.102222°W / 38.051944; -81.102222 (Fayetteville Esso Station) Fayetteville. 7. Fayetteville Historic District. Fayetteville Historic District. December 20, 1990. (#90001845) Roughly bounded by WV 16 and Maple and Fayette Aves.