Search Results
- IDNO:
- 038653
- Title:
- Home of Dr. Charles McLane, Morgantown, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- Home of early and widely known physician of Morgantown for more than a half century. McLane built the house in 1840 on the southwest corner of High and Kirk Streets and resided there until his death in 1878.
- IDNO:
- 038654
- Title:
- Old Stone House on Chestnut Street, Morgantown, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca.1937
- Description:
- The Old Stone House was built by Jacob Nuze and sold to tavern keeper Henry Dering in 1795. Potters John Thompson and Jacob Foulk owned the structure from 1800 until 1813 when it was brought by Joseph Shackleford who operated a tanyard on the property for 50 years. Shackleford was also a minister and led the first Methodist reform movement in the area.
- IDNO:
- 038658
- Title:
- Home of Waitman T. Willey, Morgantown, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- Home of first United States Senator of West Virginia, Waitman T. Willey.
- IDNO:
- 038665
- Title:
- Guseman Rock at Pioneer Rocks, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- This rock, where early pioneer Abraham Guseman settled is located on Route 7 and Tyrone Road in Monongalia County, across from Deckers Creek.
- IDNO:
- 038666
- Title:
- Chimney of Abraham Guseman House, Dellslow, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- The chimney was the only part left of the stone-split house built ca. 1800. Guseman also built a large flour mill near his house, on Deckers Creek.
- IDNO:
- 038667
- Title:
- Suncrest Area Split Stone Home, Morgantown, W. Va
- Description:
- This split stone home was built with stone from an old flouring mill and dam in the Suncrest area of Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 038668
- Title:
- Split Stone Home, Monongalia County, W. Va
- Description:
- Split stone home built of stone from an old flouring mill and dam. The home is located on Stewartstown Road in Morgantown in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 038669
- Title:
- Henry Clay Furnace, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Description:
- Cold-blast furnace run by steam. Built by Leonard Lamb between 1834 and 1836.
- IDNO:
- 038671
- Title:
- Woodgrove Furnace, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- The Woodgrove Furnace was built, three miles from Ice's Ferry, between 1822 and 1824 by Josiah Jackson, son of Samuel Jackson. This furnace was used to make pig-iron.
- IDNO:
- 038672
- Title:
- Mount Tabor Church Near Laurel Point, Monongalia County, W, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- Mount Tabor Church was one of the oldest churches in Monongalia County. It was attended by the early pioneers before the early 1800's.
- IDNO:
- 038674
- Title:
- Birthplace of David Adam Ice, Monongalia County, W Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- This stone marks the place of David Adam Ice's birth. He was thought to be the first white child born in West Virginia in 1767.
- IDNO:
- 038676
- Title:
- Part of Split Stone Dam Built By Abraham Guseman, Dellslow, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- A dam for a flour mill, made out of split stone on Deckers Creek, near Pioneers Rocks in Monongalia County.
