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It was named for Henry G. Davis and his son-in-law Stephen B. Elkins, who were both members of the United States Senate from West Virginia. [3] While the original campus was located in south Elkins, the current campus was established when Hallie Davis Elkins donated Halliehurst Mansion and the surrounding estate in 1924. [4]
Portions of Campus Drive, Harpertown Road, Graceland Drive, Allen Street & Residential Drive, and College Drive (Davis and Elkins College campus) 38°55′48″N 79°50′50″W / 38.93°N 79.8473°W / 38.93; -79.8473 ( Davis & Elkins College Historic
The Davis and Elkins Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. It includes two mansions, the Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House (Halliehurst) and Graceland, that are separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A gate house and an ice house are ...
An 1897 bird's eye view of Elkins. Thomas Skidmore (ca. 1733-1807), born in Maryland, obtained a title to 400 acres of land (“by virtue of a settlement”) in the future Elkins area before 1778. This land, on the east side of the Tygart Valley River, was surveyed by John Poage in 1780 and included the land that is now most of downtown Elkins ...
Feb. 24—FAIRMONT — Fairmont Senior's Morgan Rogers signed her letter of intent to play lacrosse at Davis and Elkins College on Wednesday, becoming the third member of a dominant Polar Bear ...
Albert and Liberal Arts Halls are a set of two historic buildings located on the campus of Davis & Elkins College at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia.The brick Georgian Revival style buildings were built between 1924 and 1926, and planned as a unit of two distinct and separate buildings connected by a graceful stone arcade.
Dec. 20—RACHEL — A senior at North Marion High was recently awarded a $160,000 scholarship to attend Davis and Elkins College. Sidney Megna was selected from a group of 101 students as the ...
Graceland is a historic house on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. It was the summer home of Henry Gassaway Davis, a United States senator from 1871–1883, and a major force in West Virginia's coal industry in the late 19th century. The mansion was completed in 1893.