Fraternity Row, North High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
Two unidentified men stand in the middle of the athletic field near Fraternity Row on North High Street in Morgantown, West Virginia. This photograph was taken when the first houses were being built along Fraternity Row.
Campus of West Virginia University Looking down University Avenue, then called Front Street
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
'Campus of West Virginia University looking down University Avenue, then called Front Street, past the present location of Elizabeth Moore Hall. Note the sycamore tree to the right of center, which is only tree still standing. Beyond it he building is the old Millspaugh home, now site of the President's Home. Taken about 1890.'
The Wood sisters, Ruth and Lucy were early WVU students. Ruth entered WVU in 1890 and left after falling ill with typhoid fever. She became the first female stenographer in Morgantown (1895), the first woman to run for political office in Monongalia County, (1926) and the first West Virginia woman to become a certified Realtor.