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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.'

7261. Greenbrier County's First Courthouse, Lewisburg, W. Va.

'Erected about 1800.'

7262. Old Stone Jail, Lewisburg, W. Va.

'The Old Stone Courthouse of 1800-1837.  Supplanted by the present brick Courthouse erected in 1837, but burned with other buildings of Lewisburg in 18?? as the D. J. Ford & Son's store.'

7263. Old Stone Courthouse, Lewisburg, W. Va.

'Lewisburg Public School as erected in 1875, and school started in Fall of same year.  Life size of janitor peeping out of the upstairs window.'

7264. Public School, Lewisburg, W. Va.

'On corner of Main and Lafayette Street 'old pump corner'.

7265. John A. Preston Community House, Lewisburg, W. Va.

7266. Attic of an Unidentified School, Huntington, W. Va.

'Greenbrier Courthouse of 1840-1938 as it appeared in 1889.'

7267. Greenbrier County Courthouse, Lewisburg, W. Va.

Several boys are working the bean patch at the West Virginia Colored Orphan's Home in Huntington, West Virginia.

7268. Bean Patch, West Virginia Colored Orphan's Home, Huntington, W. Va.

Exterior of the West Virginia Colored Orphan's Home in Huntington, West Virginia.

7269. West Virginia Colored Orphan's Home, Huntington, W. Va.

Group portrait of boys living at the West Virginia Colored Orphan's Home in Huntington, West Virginia.

7270. Boys of the West Virginia Colored Orphan's Home, Huntington, W. Va.

Group portrait of girls living at the West Virginia Colored Orphan's Home in Huntington, West Virginia.

7271. West Virginia Colored Orphan's Home Girls, Huntington, W. Va.

Children of the West Virginia Colored Orphan's Home in Huntington, West Virginia are playing on a swingset.

7272. Children, West Virginia Colored Orphan's Home, Huntington, W. Va.