View looking south on High Street in Morgantown, W. Va. Businesses visible include Jacobs Men's Wear, Stenger's News, Comuntzis, Mountaineer Sport Shop, Conners One Hour Cleaning, Electric Equipment Co., and others, as well as billboards advertising Coca-Cola and Orange Crush. Photo taken for "Project 63," a revitalization project undertaken in the early 1960s.
Covered Bridge and Successor, Old and New West Virginia, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
A covered bridge stands next to the newer metal bridge built to replace it. The image shows both the old and the new in West Virginia and is a part of the West Virginia Centennial Church History Project.
Halleck Methodist Church, Clinton District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
The church was first built as a log church in 1954. The present frame building was built in 1873. The church has been damaged by several storms and remodeled in 1962.
St. Luke Church of Christ, Mooresville, Clay District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
The date the church was organized is unknown, but likely between 1860 and 1870. A frame church was built in 1890 but destroyed by fire in 1913. The name then changed to St. Luke Christian Church and a new building was erected in 1918.
Bula Baptist Church, Battelle District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
The church was organized in 1861. The church house was built in 1869 and a new church was dedicated in 1870. In 1915 Bula Baptist Church joined with Union and West Warren Baptist Churches.
Sardis Baptist Church, Sardis, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
The church was organized in 1847. The original members of the church were the charter members and they were: Jane Strother, Sanford Strother, Andrew Lyons, Lavina Lyons, Rachael Hooper, John Strother, and Fannie Frances Strother, and David Herbert.
Bethany Baptist Church, Brown, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
Bethany (Tenmile) Baptist Church was founded in 1843. The church was originally located near Trousers Leg Run on Tenmile creek, but later moved to Brown when the survey for a railroad ran through the building.
First Baptist Church, Grantsville, Calhoun County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
A front view of First Baptist Church, (formerly Bethlehem Baptist Church of Grantsville). The church was founded in 1833. The current building was enlarged throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and finished in 1962.
'This is the cellular cofferdam inside which Dravo Corporation crews will build a concrete abutment and two of the five bays for the new $ 6.9 million Maxwell Dam in the Monongahela River, five miles above Brownsville, PA. Placement of concrete for the foundation is scheduled to begin late this month after completion of rock drilling, shooting and removal. The dam is being constructed in two stages. On the opposite bank of the river are the new high-lift Maxwell Locks, completed by Dravo the past summer.'
Armstrong Hall Dedication Plaque, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
From the Plaque Inscription: 'Robert Allen Armstrong 1860-1936 To whose memory this building Armstrong Hall is dedicated. Professor of English 1893-1936. Gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche. This tablet was placed here by his students and friends to honor the name of a beloved teacher, 1963. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.....'
Indoor Football Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
Photo of the indoor arena at the Convention Center in Atlantic City, where the 1964 Liberty Bowl was played between Utah and the Mountaineers. This was the first major college indoor bowl game.
General Chairman of the Buckwheat Festival and Committee, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
'From left to right: Alton Anderson, Farmers Day Chr., Robert Halbutter, Asst General Chr., John Trenton, Genearl Chr., Shriley Wilkinson, Secretary, Jim Wilkinson, Antiques Car Show Chr., Phil Spahr, School Day Chr., Bert Cence, Horse Show Chr., Bill Armstrong, Fireman Day Chr. Absent from photo - Jan Cook.'
Auto Shop Class, Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
View of the Auto Mechanic's Shop at Morgantown High School, with Z. A. Clark, Assistant Superintendent of schools and Mr. Clise, Auto Mechanic teacher and others around a car.
Group of boys wearing sundresses and bonnets. 'Front row, left to right: Cecil Smyth, Terry Gatian, Larry Gatian, Ivan Sumpter, and Lonas Maxwell. Back row, left to right: Sonny Bowers, Jim Crislip, Phil Colebank, Roy Denjen, and Roger Willard.'
Mayor Charles Blissett, third from right attends a luncheon. Lester Haymann(second from left) and Harold Shamburger (far left) are also present during the luncheon.
Presentation of the Kappa Psi Scholastic Achievement Award, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
'Louis Barker of Dunbar, Kanawha County, left, senior in the School of Pharmacy at West Virginia University, is shown being presented the Kappa Psi scholastic achievement award by Chester Friedl, president of the local chapter. The award is $25 in textbooks presented by the local chapter, Beta Eta, to the student who makes the highest grades during his junior year. Barker is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Barker. Friedl is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Friedl, Athens, Mercer County.'