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• Weston State Hospital

  … 1913, the West Virginia legislature changed the name of the hospital to Weston State Hospital. On October 3, 1935, a patient started a fire in the main building that destroyed six men’s wards and caused a cupola to fall through the roof. "Governor …

• Kimball War Memorial

  … his band. As mining jobs disappeared and McDowell’s population declined, the building fell into disrepair. After it was gutted by fire in 1991, a citizens group was organized to undertake the renovation and restoration of the building. The Kimball War …

• Winfield

  … courthouse was built in 1900, which served until it became the annex for the modern courthouse completed in 1998. In 1928, a disastrous fire destroyed an entire city block. The post office, bank, and newspaper office were all lost. A new bank was built, …

• Lewisburg

  … battle. Union Maj. Rutherford B. Hayes, later president, served at Lewisburg. A devastating blow occurred August 3, 1897, when fire destroyed much of downtown. Lewisburg rebuilt and evolved in the next century into the hub of one of the state’s major & …

• Luna Park

  … park or rode streetcars. Excursion boats from Gallipolis and Point Pleasant stopped to let off passengers. On May 5, 1923, a fire started by welders working on a new swimming pool destroyed most of the park. Although Luna’s owners announced that they …

• Concord University

  … as being ‘‘far removed from all those sources of vice and dissipation so numerous in the vicinity of many institutions of learning.’’ A fire destroyed the 1895 building the night of November 22, 1910, but by 8:00 a.m. community leaders arranged for …

• McDowell County

  … was built at Welch, and the nation’s first World War I memorial for African-American veterans was located at Kimball. Fire gutted both buildings, with the Welch memorial being destroyed. The "Kimball War Memorial":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Mercer Healing Springs

  … music, reading, and games. Mercer Healing Springs was popular with area residents for summer activities until 1922, when a disastrous fire completely destroyed the hotel and effectively put an end to the resort as a business concern. Today the property is …

• Pendleton County

  … renamed for George Washington in 1932. Several crises struck Pendleton between the two world wars. In April 1924, a catastrophic fire destroyed the business district of Franklin. In addition to economic depression and severe drought, the failure of all …

• Philippi Covered Bridge

  … to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, was seriously damaged by fire in the winter of 1989. Immediately after the fire, the governor issued a statement promising restoration. Soon after the declaration a public …

• Deforestation

  … by the "environmental":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2211 disaster that deforestation left in its wake. "Forest fires":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2021 repeatedly swept over the land, 710 of them burning 1.7 million …

• DeSales Heights

  … it was too big and expensive to be maintained by the declining number of able-bodied sisters. In December 1992, DeSales Heights was closed and the building was later put up for sale. After vandalism and a fire, the building was demolished in 2002.

• Potomac State College of WVU

  … was added, as well as music, elocution, and teacher training. Pre-engineering and agriculture programs were added in 1911. A fire destroyed the school on May 3, 1917. A special session of the legislature appropriated $30,000 for a new building. The …

• Putnam County

  … held. Winfield, a river town with no railroad or paved road leading to it until 1930, was slow to expand. A devastating fire in 1928 destroyed one of the main town blocks. After the Winfield navigation dam was completed in 1936 and the new Kanawha River …

• Dreamland

  … who later became sole owner. On June 29, 1973, as Salem was negotiating to sell the pool to the city of Kenova, a fire destroyed the three-story building topped by the dance pavilion. The purchase was completed nevertheless, and the pool opened in May of …

• Droop Mountain

  … , the effects of early logging practices and the severe drought of the 1930s combined to make conditions ripe for major forest fires. Following the fires, a sawmill was set up to salvage usable timber. As logs were processed at this mill, minié balls from …

• Minnehaha Springs

  … , was completed in 1914. It had several owners and was open only sporadically over the years. The hotel was destroyed by fire February 4, 1945. Although not successful, this hotel was the first facility in Pocahontas County built and operated strictly for …

• Forests

  … 2021. This is board feet in standing trees, or ‘‘stumpage.’’ Fire remains a threat to West Virginia forests and is especially prevalent in southern counties. Fires kill some trees outright, especially in the spring, and injure …

• Franklin

  … and 486 in 2020, a decrease of 46.8 percent in three decades. A prominent event in the town’s history was a fire that destroyed the entire business section, the courthouse, and 19 private residences on April 17, 1924. "Tourism":https://www …

• Donald R. Gaudineer

  … to rescue his children from their burning home. Ranger Gaudineer’s wife was the only survivor. On July 5, 1937, a new fire tower on the Randolph-Pocahontas county line on Cheat Mountain was dedicated in his memory. The tower was abandoned in the early …

• Grantsville

  … .org/articles/2179, and "Glenville":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2124. Regular flooding, two disastrous downtown fires, and the relocation of Route 16 have changed the appearance of the town and destroyed many original buildings. …

• Edgewood Country Club

  … to the club. By 1934, a paved road, private cars, and bus service replaced the streetcar. On Christmas night, 1935, a fire of unknown origin destroyed the clubhouse and its facilities except the squash courts. In 1936, the present clubhouse was built on …

• Education

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/901 and chartered in 1840. Baptist-affiliated Rector College had opened in 1839 but was destroyed by fire in 1855. Weston College, chartered in 1858, was sold at public auction in 1859. Allegheny College at Blue Sulphur …

• Greenbrier Military School

  … him run the school. They purchased the institution in 1920 and reorganized it as the Greenbrier Military School. In 1925, a fire destroyed nearly all of the school’s buildings. They were replaced with a classroom building and a dormitory that could house …

• Elkins Inter-Mountain

  … The office of the newspaper suffered a fire in March 1897, but the _Inter-Mountain_ … , the _Inter-Mountain_ suffered another disastrous fire, destroying the newspaper building and all … to be printed. Nine days after the fire a new press arrived, and the …