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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
The first women's shelter in the modern world was Haven House, which opened in 1964 in California. [53] An early women's shelter in the United States, Emergency Shelter Program Inc. (now Ruby's Place inc.), was established in Hayward, California, in 1972 by a local group of women who attended church together.
A Bicentennial History of a Virginia and West Virginia County, 1772-1972. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Company, 1972; Evans, Willis F. History of Berkeley County, West Virginia. Wheeling, WV, 1928 (unknown publisher) Dilger, Dr. Robert Jay, Director, Institute for Public Affairs and Professor of Political Science at West Virginia University
The castle-like house was built for Colonel Samuel Taylor Suit of Washington, D.C. as a personal retreat near the spa town, beginning in 1885. It was not complete by the time of his death in 1888 and was finished in the early 1890s for his young widow, Rosa Pelham Suit, whom Suit had first met at Berkeley Springs, and their three children. [2]
Collection strengths include materials related to folk life, women's history, Huntington, and more. [9] Notable collections include the papers of Ken Hechler, representative for West Virginia's 4th congressional district between 1959 and 1977. [10] Fayette County Public Library: Public Library: Fayette County
Mill Creek Historic District is a national historic district located at Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, West Virginia.It encompasses nine contributing buildings, eight contributing sites, and three contributing objects that relate to an early industrial-commercial center in the county.
Ridge Road Historic District is a national historic district located near Nollville, Berkeley County, West Virginia.It encompasses six contributing buildings and two contributing sites, related to the early settlement and economic development along Apple Pie Ridge.
Berkeley is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. [1] The community began as Berkeley Station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line, but its name has since been shortened to Berkeley as it has become more of a bedroom community. The community most likely takes its name from Berkeley County. [2]