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'Greenbrier's Original Courthouse, built of logs in 1778. Was used by the Circuit and County Courts until supplanted by the Stone Courthouse in 1800. Was then bought and transformed by William Smithers as a residence. Was then purchased by Mr. Sallie Gilmer. It's last owner was Mrs. Sallie Gilmer who occupied it for several years, and it finally passed into the hands of the Tuckkwiller Bros. to be torn away and the ground occupied by a handsome and commodious home for a Henry Ford Garage and Service Station. Such is the history of the first house ever built in Lewisburg, the birthday of which is not definitely known.'

1. Greenbrier County's First Courthouse, Lewisburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
007263
Title:
Greenbrier County's First Courthouse, Lewisburg, W. Va.
Description:
'Greenbrier's Original Courthouse, built of logs in 1778. Was used by the Circuit and County Courts until supplanted by the Stone Courthouse in 1800. Was then bought and transformed by William Smithers as a residence. Was then purchased by Mr. Sallie Gilmer. It's last owner was Mrs. Sallie Gilmer who occupied it for several years, and it finally passed into the hands of the Tuckkwiller Bros. to be torn away and the ground occupied by a handsome and commodious home for a Henry Ford Garage and Service Station. Such is the history of the first house ever built in Lewisburg, the birthday of which is not definitely known.'
Portrait of a family on the porch of a home in Greenbrier County. An old man stands beside the house to the left, and a pet dog lies in the front yard.

2. Family Group in front of their Home in Greenbrier County, W. Va.

IDNO:
012518
Title:
Family Group in front of their Home in Greenbrier County, W. Va.
Description:
Portrait of a family on the porch of a home in Greenbrier County. An old man stands beside the house to the left, and a pet dog lies in the front yard.
Two men standing in front of the home, each with a horse, and two women standing in front of a car with a pet dog.

3. Simmons Home near Spring Creek, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

IDNO:
012519
Title:
Simmons Home near Spring Creek, Greenbrier County, W. Va.
Description:
Two men standing in front of the home, each with a horse, and two women standing in front of a car with a pet dog.
Two men sitting in the shade of a tree to the left of the photograph. Two cattle are seen roaming in the center.

4. Farm House on a Hill in Greenbrier County, W. Va.

IDNO:
012531
Title:
Farm House on a Hill in Greenbrier County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Description:
Two men sitting in the shade of a tree to the left of the photograph. Two cattle are seen roaming in the center.
Greenbrier's original Court House built in 1778. The county has three court houses. The present one is of brick, erected in 1837.

5. Painting of Greenbrier County's Original Courthouse, Lewisburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
013040
Title:
Painting of Greenbrier County's Original Courthouse, Lewisburg, W. Va.
Description:
Greenbrier's original Court House built in 1778. The county has three court houses. The present one is of brick, erected in 1837.
A view of South Branch near Cave in Pendleton County, West Virginia. The photograph was taken in the 1920's, probably around 1922, before the new state road was completed. The photograph shows the old road and Simmons' house.

6. South Branch near Cave, Pendleton County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014229
Title:
South Branch near Cave, Pendleton County, W. Va.
Date:
1920-1930
Description:
A view of South Branch near Cave in Pendleton County, West Virginia. The photograph was taken in the 1920's, probably around 1922, before the new state road was completed. The photograph shows the old road and Simmons' house.
'First settlement in Summers County. Built by Colonel James Grayham in 1770.' The Graham House is a log cabin that was home to the first settlement. It sits next to the Greenbrier River at Lowell.

7. Graham House Housed the First Settlement in Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
015273
Title:
Graham House Housed the First Settlement in Summers County, W. Va.
Description:
'First settlement in Summers County. Built by Colonel James Grayham in 1770.' The Graham House is a log cabin that was home to the first settlement. It sits next to the Greenbrier River at Lowell.
'The Halliehurst Mansion is the tenth print in the ALPHA series on West Virginia Architectural and Engineering Heritage. In 1889, Senator Stephen Benton Elkins chose the site for what was to become one of West Virginia's grandest homes. Set atop a steep hill, the site overlooked the newly-founded town that bore Elkins' name; the mansion itself was to be called "Halliehurst" - in honor of Elkins' wife, Hallie Davis Elkins. From the beginning, the 56 room, 23,000 square foot mansion was hailed as a showplace. It was patterned after a castle on the Rhine River that Mrs. Elkins admired while visiting Germany. New York Architect Charles T. Mott created a sprawling three-story plan which featured exterior walls of lapped siding and cut shingles, a steep hipped roof, large towers and turrets, numerous dormers, and tall stone chimneys. Later, rambling porches were added to the front and north facades. Interior features included rich oak paneling, beaded trim work, and massive fireplaces framed in marble with hand-carved wooden mantelpieces. It became the setting for elaborate social occasions, political caucuses, and business gatherings which attracted the elite from the region, including President Harrison, Andrew Carnegie and James Cardinal Gibbons. After her huband's death, Hallie Elkins and her family continued to spend their summers at Halliehurst. In 1923, however, she offerd to deed the entire Halliehurst estate over to another of the family's endeavors - Davis & Elkins College. Halliehurst then became the focal point of the new campus, and found new life as the college president's home. Later uses included a women's dormitory, dining hall, music and arts classes, and finally a counseling center. Today, the venerable mansion is completely restored to the style and spirit of its original decor, and houses the office of the president and other administrative offices. About the Artist: Colleen Simmons is the graphic artist and Interior Designer at ALPHA. She graduated in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design at Florida State University.'

8. Drawing of Halliehurst Mansion in Elkins, Randolph County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017216
Title:
Drawing of Halliehurst Mansion in Elkins, Randolph County, W. Va.
Description:
'The Halliehurst Mansion is the tenth print in the ALPHA series on West Virginia Architectural and Engineering Heritage. In 1889, Senator Stephen Benton Elkins chose the site for what was to become one of West Virginia's grandest homes. Set atop a steep hill, the site overlooked the newly-founded town that bore Elkins' name; the mansion itself was to be called "Halliehurst" - in honor of Elkins' wife, Hallie Davis Elkins. From the beginning, the 56 room, 23,000 square foot mansion was hailed as a showplace. It was patterned after a castle on the Rhine River that Mrs. Elkins admired while visiting Germany. New York Architect Charles T. Mott created a sprawling three-story plan which featured exterior walls of lapped siding and cut shingles, a steep hipped roof, large towers and turrets, numerous dormers, and tall stone chimneys. Later, rambling porches were added to the front and north facades. Interior features included rich oak paneling, beaded trim work, and massive fireplaces framed in marble with hand-carved wooden mantelpieces. It became the setting for elaborate social occasions, political caucuses, and business gatherings which attracted the elite from the region, including President Harrison, Andrew Carnegie and James Cardinal Gibbons. After her huband's death, Hallie Elkins and her family continued to spend their summers at Halliehurst. In 1923, however, she offerd to deed the entire Halliehurst estate over to another of the family's endeavors - Davis & Elkins College. Halliehurst then became the focal point of the new campus, and found new life as the college president's home. Later uses included a women's dormitory, dining hall, music and arts classes, and finally a counseling center. Today, the venerable mansion is completely restored to the style and spirit of its original decor, and houses the office of the president and other administrative offices. About the Artist: Colleen Simmons is the graphic artist and Interior Designer at ALPHA. She graduated in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design at Florida State University.'

9. Planting School Ground at Brooks School House near Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

IDNO:
025098
Title:
Planting School Ground at Brooks School House near Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, W. Va.
On a wooden fence runs along the school, an advertisement 'BARGAINS IN FURNITURE AT L.E. KRAMERS RONCEVERTE' reads. .

10. Brooks School House near Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

IDNO:
025099
Title:
Brooks School House near Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, W. Va.
Description:
On a wooden fence runs along the school, an advertisement 'BARGAINS IN FURNITURE AT L.E. KRAMERS RONCEVERTE' reads. .
'The child is Sarah Catherine Clark. She was born May 15, 1868 in Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia and died February 2, 1945 in a daughter’s home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was buried in the churchyard of the Andrew Chapel Methodist Church, Williamsburg, West Virginia. As a child, she was known as Sally Kate, and as an adult, Kate. She graduated from Marion Female Seminary, Marion, Virginia. She was married April 26, 1893 to Avery Lawson Graybeal of Tazewell County, Virginia. They lived with his parents (Simeon and Martha) for some years and moved in 1898 to Greenbrier County, West Virginia to farm near Williamsburg, where she resided the rest of her life. Two Graybeal brothers (Troy and Jerome) had preceded them to the Williamsburg area. Avery L. Graybeal died June 3, 1914 (born January 19, 1862), leaving his wife, three daughters and a son. The second daughter, Miriam Graybeal Keadle (1898-1982), was my mother. She said that her mother was afraid of trains as a child and, when one went by and whistled after the photographer had posed her for this picture, she put her head down, hence the uncharacteristic position. It is said that hers was the sixth generation of the family to live in the family house at Glade Spring. It came through the Dixon (Dickson?) family of her paternal grandmother and was on a farm west of Glade Spring toward Saltville. It was sold out of the family in the 1970s. This photograph is a copy of the original. The copy was made in the 1920s or ‘30s by a Mr. Wallace who was a studio photographer in Huntington, West Virginia. The original photograph is owned by the family of the oldest daughter, Esther Graybeal Bobbitt (Mrs. Alta L.) who lived in Baltimore, Maryland. Betsy Keadle McCreight, December 22, 1983.”

11. Portrait of Sarah Catherine Clark

IDNO:
027333
Title:
Portrait of Sarah Catherine Clark
Description:
'The child is Sarah Catherine Clark. She was born May 15, 1868 in Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia and died February 2, 1945 in a daughter’s home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was buried in the churchyard of the Andrew Chapel Methodist Church, Williamsburg, West Virginia. As a child, she was known as Sally Kate, and as an adult, Kate. She graduated from Marion Female Seminary, Marion, Virginia. She was married April 26, 1893 to Avery Lawson Graybeal of Tazewell County, Virginia. They lived with his parents (Simeon and Martha) for some years and moved in 1898 to Greenbrier County, West Virginia to farm near Williamsburg, where she resided the rest of her life. Two Graybeal brothers (Troy and Jerome) had preceded them to the Williamsburg area. Avery L. Graybeal died June 3, 1914 (born January 19, 1862), leaving his wife, three daughters and a son. The second daughter, Miriam Graybeal Keadle (1898-1982), was my mother. She said that her mother was afraid of trains as a child and, when one went by and whistled after the photographer had posed her for this picture, she put her head down, hence the uncharacteristic position. It is said that hers was the sixth generation of the family to live in the family house at Glade Spring. It came through the Dixon (Dickson?) family of her paternal grandmother and was on a farm west of Glade Spring toward Saltville. It was sold out of the family in the 1970s. This photograph is a copy of the original. The copy was made in the 1920s or ‘30s by a Mr. Wallace who was a studio photographer in Huntington, West Virginia. The original photograph is owned by the family of the oldest daughter, Esther Graybeal Bobbitt (Mrs. Alta L.) who lived in Baltimore, Maryland. Betsy Keadle McCreight, December 22, 1983.”
Inscribed on the front by Achilles Murat Long, : "The old log house that was where I was raised. This was torn down and another house built." Information on the back: "Stephen D. Trail Summers County Collection, W. V., Roy Long Collection 1998"

12. Home of William Preston Long, Monroe Draft Road, Caldwell, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

IDNO:
038909
Title:
Home of William Preston Long, Monroe Draft Road, Caldwell, Greenbrier County, W. Va.
Description:
Inscribed on the front by Achilles Murat Long, : "The old log house that was where I was raised. This was torn down and another house built." Information on the back: "Stephen D. Trail Summers County Collection, W. V., Roy Long Collection 1998"