Northwestern Virginia Academy, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Identifier:

005659

Title:

Northwestern Virginia Academy, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Date:

ca. 1886

Description:

Front: The North Western Virginia Academy built in 1843. Replaced by the Towers Public School building in 1894. This picture was taken prior to the year 1886. Back: 'And don't you remember the School Ben Bolt. With the master so cruel and grim and the shanded nook in the running brook- Where the children went to swim- Grass grows on the masters grave Ben Bolt. The spring of the brook is dry. And of all the boys who were schoolmates then there are only you and I.'

Subjects:

School buildings--West Virginia--Clarksburg., Cities--Clarksburg.

Corporate Names:

Northwestern Virginia Academy (Clarksburg, W. Va.)

Acquisition Source:

Wolf's Head Books

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView