Barbourville, KY - Corner of Square and South Main Street about 1908 showing (left to right) the A.W. Hopper Building, the John A. Black Bank, and Croley Hardware
History of WV Methodists who have received the Conference Cane, "awarded to men of age and long years of service ... almost always awarded to the oldest man who has given his life for a worthy cause."
A picture postcard depicting the Pringle Tree in Buckhannon, West Virginia. Upshur County's first settlers, the Pringle Brothers, reportedly lived in the tree in the 1760s.
Jean Lee Latham was born in Buckhannon and graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1925. She went on to become an accomplished playwright and author. She is particularly well-known for her children's books. One of her children's...
This photo displays the 1899 West Virginia Wesleyan football team. This was an informal pick-up team, organized to play against a local group of ex-college players working as civil engineers on a local railroad project. Wesleyan's first official...
West Virginia Wesleyan College; Universities & colleges
This photo postcard, dated 1892, shows the original seminary building of West Virginia Conference Seminary (now West Virginia Wesleyan College).
Finished in 1890, it stood where the current Administration Building is located. It was made in part...
Universities & colleges; Gates;West Virginia Wesleyan College
These stone pillars and steps were a gift to West Virginia Wesleyan College from Harvey W. Harmer, of Clarksburg, West Virginia. They still stand at the entrance to Senior Walk, in front of the Administration Building. Notice the absence of parking...