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Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house at Marshall University in Huntington, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

[Madie Carroll House, Huntington, West Virginia]

Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:055). Forms... More

The view, once rated by National Geographic Magazine as one of America...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Parts of the town of Great Cacapon, West Virginia, can be seen in the distance to the left of the river. Land to the right of the rive... More

Headstones at the Episcopal Cemetery in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Nine Revolutionary soldiers also are interred here. Another, William Morgan, Sr., is said to have been buried under the east chancel o... More

The Monongalia Arts Center, formerly the post office and federal build...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

The c. 1853 Charles Deming House, a house in the Julia-Ann Historic Di...

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A portion of the historic B&O Railroad bridge over the Potomac River a...

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Harry and Sallie. Driver in Maryland Coal Co. Mine, near Sand Lick, Gr...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 156. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Central Glass Co., Wheeling, West Virginia. Blower and Mold Boy. Locat...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 177. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Midnight in a Glass Works. Grafton, West Virginia. (see photo 162). Lo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 154. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Buckhorn Wall, William Henry Jackson photograph

Negatives form four parts of a five-part panorama; left negative not in collection. Left center section listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log as no. L-6109. Sky masked on left center and center negative... More

Tipple Crew, (see photo #146) Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, West Virgin...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 150. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Nati... More

New River canyon, West Virginia. from Hawk's Nest

Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-10510, 10509, 10508, 10507, 10506. Center negative (1A-10508) was recorded upside-down on the videodisc. "G 8923 LC," "G 8924 C," "G 8925 R... More

Wilkins Farm, Barn, South side of Dove Hollow Road, 6000 feet east of ...

Significance: As an agricultural outbuilding, this large structure contributes to the character of the Wilkins Farm, with log construction techniques and roof shapes similar to other buildings on the property. ... More

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Newspaper clip...

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Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Financial pape...

Green Brier River West Virginia. - Public domain graphic arts, Library...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Donaldson (Wm. M.) & Co.

The falls of the Blackwater - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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Renick House, U.S. Route 219, Renicks Valley, Greenbrier County, WV

Significance: After purchasing "Cave Farm" from Robert McClanahan about 1790, William Renick built a stone house on the property about 1795, the same year in which the Old Stone Church in Lewisburg was construc... More

William Mueller Store, 2242 Eoff Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Significance: An example of Italianate vernacular brick building, built c. 1860 as a grocery store on the first floor and the merchant's apartment above on the second floor. Considered a contributing structure... More

Old Mansion House, First & Main Streets, Point Pleasant, Mason County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HABS WV-21-2

Old Mansion House, First & Main Streets, Point Pleasant, Mason County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HABS WV-21-2

Old Mansion House, First & Main Streets, Point Pleasant, Mason County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HABS WV-21-2

Old Mansion House, First & Main Streets, Point Pleasant, Mason County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HABS WV-21-2

Bank of Wheeling, 1229 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Significance: Built in 1892 for the Bank of Wheeling this rusticated stone facade was a good example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. The firm of Edward B. Franzheim, one of Wheeling's most successful... More

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, ...

Significance: The oldest residence is Malden, the Richard E. Putney House is also one of the most imposing and least altered among Malden dwellings. Built circa 1836, the house ranks locally as a mansion. The... More

Malden Historic District, Richard E. Putney House, 4406 Malden Drive, ...

Significance: The oldest residence is Malden, the Richard E. Putney House is also one of the most imposing and least altered among Malden dwellings. Built circa 1836, the house ranks locally as a mansion. The... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Tray Run Viaduct, Spanning Tray Run, Rowles...

Significance: The original bridge on this site was designed by Albert Fink and utilized his patented truss type. It was replaced by a wrought iron trestle in 1887. This structure was replaced by a masonry arc... More

3251 Cyrus Road (Commercial Building), Cyrus, Wayne County, WV

Significance: In the years 1941-1954. this was the community store and post office in Whites Creek (Cyrus). It succeeded the Chapman, Lambert, and Piles stores. After 1955, it was partitioned, enlarged, and u... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Coaling Station, Astride tracks west end T...

Significance: The station was equipped with type UL undercut gates with hooded aprons. The coaling aprons were properly counterweighted and had heavy hoods for deflecting the coal directly into the tender. Th... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Morrell House, Columbia & Fillmore Streets, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson C...

Significance: Originally constructed in 1857-58, the Morrell House was designed by Superintendent Henry W. Clowe for the Paymaster's Clerk. Originally, the Morrell House was identical to its neighbor, the resi... More

Lee Barn & Outbuildings, Leetown, Jefferson County, WV

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS WV-4 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Demolished

George W. Eckhart House, 810 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

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George W. Eckhart House, 810 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

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George W. Eckhart House, 810 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

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Elmwood, Shenandoah Junction, Jefferson County, WV

Survey number: HABS WV-25 Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union and Confederate campaigns in the lower Shenandoah Valley illustr...

Shows positions of Federal and Confederate armies. Relief shown by hachures. Part blueprints and part blue-line prints. "The maps are copies of those published in 1880 in Col. Allan's 'Campaigns of Stonewall Ja... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harp...

Significance: The train station at Harpers Ferry provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between railroad engineering and railroad economics. Designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the s... More

Ranson House, Ranson, Jefferson County, WV

Survey number: HABS WV-48 Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

3249 Cyrus Road (House), Cyrus, Wayne County, WV

Significance: The buildings associated with the Albert Thacker House were built upon construction of the Kenova and Big Sandy Railroad in 1903-04. The complex of Thacker buildings were adapted to a rural villa... More

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

Meadow River Lumber Company, Highway 60, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, ...

Significance: The Meadow River Lumber Company was, at its peak, the world's largest hardwood saw mill in the world. Its history and operation are indicative of the changes in the lumber industry during the 20t... More

Meadow River Lumber Company, Highway 60, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, ...

Significance: The Meadow River Lumber Company was, at its peak, the world's largest hardwood saw mill in the world. Its history and operation are indicative of the changes in the lumber industry during the 20t... More

Wilkins Farm, Secondary Barn, South side of Dove Hollow Road, 6000 fee...

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Standard Lime & Stone Quarry, Secondary Crusher, County Route 27, Mill...

Significance: The Secondary Crusher is an intact surviving example of the type of industrial machinery used during the initial phases of dolomite processing. Survey number: HAER WV-49-B

180 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Significance: Late 19th Century frame house that is a contributing structure to the Wheeling Island Historic District. Survey number: HABS WV-274 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 92000320

174 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

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174 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

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Malden Historic District, Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church, 4305 Sa...

Significance: This is the oldest church structure in Malden and is one of the earliest Presbyterian churches in the Kanawha Valley. It was built in 1840 to house a congregation established circa 1819. The nam... More

Malden Historic District, Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church, 4305 Sa...

Significance: This is the oldest church structure in Malden and is one of the earliest Presbyterian churches in the Kanawha Valley. It was built in 1840 to house a congregation established circa 1819. The nam... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows Private A. Cady Brown and unidentified soldier with bayoneted rifles standing in front of caisson. No. B888. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. See LC-USZC4-6... More

The Milk Booth at the State 4 H Fair at Charleston, West Virginia. Lo...

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Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Nuttallburg Mine Complex, North side of New River, 2.7 miles upstream ...

Significance: The Nuttallburg Mine was one of the earliest mines to open in the New River Field. The Retarding Conveyor is one of the longest ever constructed and perhaps one of the few still extant. The Nutt... More

Nuttallburg Mine Complex, North side of New River, 2.7 miles upstream ...

Significance: The Nuttallburg Mine was one of the earliest mines to open in the New River Field. The Retarding Conveyor is one of the longest ever constructed and perhaps one of the few still extant. The Nutt... More

Christian Hess House, 811 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Significance: This two story building is an outstanding example of the French Renaissance, or Second Empire, style of architecture. Built in 1876 for Christian Hess, a local tailor, this house is in excellent ... More

Christian Hess House, 811 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Significance: This two story building is an outstanding example of the French Renaissance, or Second Empire, style of architecture. Built in 1876 for Christian Hess, a local tailor, this house is in excellent ... More

[Daniel Haymond Polsley, former Republican congressman from West Virgi...

Possible cabinet card trimmed to oval shape. Gift; William F. Wagner; 1959 Oct. 14.

Parsons Nursery, Manager's Residence, South side of U.S. Route 219, Pa...

Survey number: HABS WV-237-E Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bank of Harpers Ferry & Bank Annex, Shenandoah & High Streets, Harpers...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-20 Survey number: HABS WV-152

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Locks, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Co...

Significance: There are two locks, the main lock longer than the auxiliary one. These are the essential feature of the system to allow navigation on the Ohio River. Survey number: HAER WV-58-C

3249 Cyrus Road, Wash House, Cyrus, Wayne County, WV

Significance: The Wash House is a utilitarian structure used coevally with the Albert Thacker House, built in 1903 and occupied by a local blacksmith. The Thacker House and Wash House are considered eligible f... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Warwick China Manufacturing Company, Twenty-first & Water Streets, Whe...

Survey number: HAER WV-77 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kanawha River Lock & Dam No. 11, Lockmaster's House, West side, U.S. R...

Significance: This masonry house, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ca. 1900, was constructed as a residence for the master of Kanawha River Lock and Dam No. 11. Survey number: HABS WV-287-B Building/... More

Gerard B. Wager Building, Shenandoah & Potomac Streets, Harpers Ferry,...

Significance: The building was erected in the 1830's and is important as a landmark in the immediate vicinity of the capture of John Brown in 1859. In present day Harpers Ferry, the building lends considerably... More

Gerard B. Wager Building, Shenandoah & Potomac Streets, Harpers Ferry,...

Significance: The building was erected in the 1830's and is important as a landmark in the immediate vicinity of the capture of John Brown in 1859. In present day Harpers Ferry, the building lends considerably... More

Chapline Street Row Historic District, 2301-2319 Chapline Street, Whee...

Significance: The 2300 block of Chapline Street has been an integral part of Wheeling's urban streetscape for over one hundred years. The seven structures selected for study by this survey have changed little ... More

Imperial Carbon Black Plant (Ruin), North side of North Fork of Hughes...

Significance: From 1900 to 1925 the state of West Virginia was a national leader in the production of natural gas, natural gasoline, and carbon black. These ruins are visible reminders of these three, related ... More

Glenwood, 800 Orchard Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

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Wilkins Farm, House, South side of Dove Hollow Road, 6000 feet east of...

Significance: The building is historically and architecturally significant as an intact example of vernacular log dwelling construction, clad in machine milled clapboard. The house was built ca. 1820 as part o... More

Shepherdstown Cement Mill, River Road, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County...

Survey number: HAER WV-82 Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shepherdstown Cement Mill, River Road, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County...

Survey number: HAER WV-82 Public domain photograph of the arch tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shepherdstown Cement Mill, River Road, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County...

Survey number: HAER WV-82 Public domain photograph of ruins in United States, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Standard Lime & Stone Quarry, County Route 27, Millville, Jefferson Co...

Significance: The Standard Lime & Stone Quarry is a surviving example of an early 20th-century dolomite quarrying and processing site in the limestone-rich eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The extraction an... More

Abraham Cyrus Farmstead, Wash House, About 20 feet south-southwest of ...

Significance: Changes in the function and organization of the Wash House represent one typical trajectory in the evolution and use of domestic fuel types and power sources used on an American farmstead of the t... More

Trammell Hollis House, Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, WV

Survey number: HABS WV-153 Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monongah, West Virginia. Nola McKinney, Secretary, 1910, West Virginia...

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Hinton and the New River, West Virginia.

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Row of Coal miners shanties on Elk River at Bream, West Virginia. Loc...

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