Willard Hotel and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
Willard Hotel and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station in Grafton, W. Va. are located on East Main Street. The station was built in 1911 and the hotel in 1913.
Text on the back reads, "Thornsbury Bailey Brown, 5/13/1829 - 5/22/1861. First Union soldier killed in Civil War - buried National Cemetery - Grafton, W. Va. Photo supplied by great-great granddaughter Melba Pender Zinn."
Grace, left, is daughter of photographer William R. Loar. She was born February 5, 1892 and died April 28, 1937. The two women are wearing hats and dresses, which appear to be some sort of uniform.
St. Augustine Catholic Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1964/01/28
Description:
The church was established in the 1850's when Irish and German settlers came to the town of Grafton to build the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B. & O.).
The First United Presbyterian Church of Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized in 1855 in what was then known as Fetterman, Virginia. During the church building's construction, services were held in the carpenter shop of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in Grafton.