Cody Straley

Cody Straley is a historian and writer from Kenova, West Virginia. He is currently the National Register Coordinator at the West Virginia Historic Preservation Office.

Community revives one of West Virginia's long-neglected Black cemeteries

Landmarks / Museums Cody Straley - November 15, 2025

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Every year around Veterans Day, Professor Josh Keck leads his Mountwest Community and Technical College students...

Monument to coal baron in W.Va. hidden deep within New River Gorge

History / Prehistory Cody Straley - August 12, 2025

QUNNIMONT, W.Va. — The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia is a treasure trove of...

The writer who captured Appalachian tragedy—and couldn't escape it

Arts Cody Straley - July 20, 2025

MILTON, W.Va. — Breece D’J Pancake soared like a meteor through the American literary universe in the late 1970s...

Dreamland murder-suicide house in Kenova, West Virginia, demolished

History / Prehistory Cody Straley - June 23, 2025

KENOVA, W.Va. — Every summer for nearly a century, people have flocked to Dreamland Pool in the small city...

Biggest Yet! Warwood becomes West Virginia’s largest historic district

Landmarks / Museums Cody Straley - June 19, 2025

WHEELING, W.Va. — In a landmark moment for historic preservation, the Warwood Historic District in northern Wheeling has officially...

W.Va. celebrates record number of National Register nominations

Landmarks / Museums Cody Straley - December 2, 2024

CHARLESTON. W.Va. — Two-thousand-twenty-four has proven record-breaking for historic preservation in West Virginia. Twenty sites, buildings, and districts were...

Two historical Black buildings in Bluefield added to National Register

History / Prehistory Cody Straley - August 17, 2024

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — At the corner of Logan and Wayne streets on the north side of town sit two...

Fountain raised to Marshall U. flight tragedy added to National Register

Landmarks / Museums Cody Straley - July 19, 2024

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — One of West Virginia’s newest historical sites is also one of its most unusual. At the...

Prehistoric relic on display in West Virginia was discovered by accident

Landmarks / Museums Cody Straley - December 14, 2023

CEREDO, W.Va. — On the south side of Main Street in the Town of Ceredo, West Virginia, a small...

Seventeen new W.Va. historic sites added to national register in 2023

Landmarks / Museums Cody Straley - December 2, 2023

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Seventeen new historic sites have been added to the National Register of Historic Places in West...

Only ruins remain of Blue Sulphur Springs resort east of Huntington

History / Prehistory Cody Straley - September 3, 2023

ONA, W.Va. — In a nondescript woodland along US-60 (with a modern concrete bridge looming in the background) lies...

Dunlow depot added to National Register of Historic Places

Landmarks / Museums Cody Straley - April 22, 2023

DUNLOW, W.Va. — The small, unincorporated community of Dunlow on WV-152 in southern Wayne County typically does not stir...

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