Landmarks / Museums

Widely considered one of the most important railroading landmarks in the U.S., the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad complex at Martinsburg exemplifies the form-follows-function principal of building design. It’s beautiful, and it’s practical. In my opinion, it’s also one of the most stupendous buildings in the world. According to Mark Jordan, executive director of the Berkeley … Read more

Blair Mountain, the site of the largest labor uprising in U.S. history, has been added again to the National Register of Historic Places, according to officials with the Department of Interior who called its removal from the register nearly a decade ago “erroneous.” Fought for five days in August 1921, the Battle of Blair Mountain … Read more

Developers in West Virginia are turning more often to preservation projects as investments, according to an insurer who’s specializing in the insurance of historic properties in the Mountain State. Interest in historic properties is growing across the state, according to Ben Morgan of Morgan Insurance, due in part to a new 35-percent state tax credit … Read more

Visitors to Chief Logan State Park’s museum near Logan, West Virginia, will enjoy enhanced services and expanded hours when renovations to the popular attraction are completed, according to superintendent Bruce Collinsworth. Closing Jan. 6, the the museum will reopen Memorial Day Weekend, Collinsworth said, and the updated facility will operate as a visitor’s center with … Read more

Charleston’s Municipal Auditorium on Sept. 30 will host and serve as the focus of the annual banquet for the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia, which this year is emphasizing the economic importance of the state’s historic theaters. Following guided tours of the auditorium and nearby Capitol Theatre at 5 p.m., a reception at 6 p.m. … Read more

The West Virginia State Penitentiary on May 25 will host a book-signing with C.J. Plogger, author of a new book documenting the life of Maggie Gray, a female corrections officer at the former maximum-security prison. Plogger will be on hand Thursday at 10 a.m. in the lobby of the penitentiary-turned-museum that dominates the southern reach … Read more

Born of the military need for explosives during the first World War, the city of Nitro, West Virginia, celebrates its centennial May 13 with the dedication of a new municipal park honoring its military history. The park at 21st Street and 2nd Avenue has been designed to accommodate community events and will include a stage, … Read more