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Walking Tours of Historic Alderson!
Contact Town Hall at (304) 445-2916
or email
bolcentral@yahoo.com
Walking tours
will be lead by local, volunteer guides with their own perspective
on Alderson’s colorful and long history. Sites visited include:
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Greenbrier
Interpretive Center (also site of the weekly Alderson Community
Market)
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Old Greenbrier
Baptist Church – oldest Baptist church in West Virginia, and
oldest church in Greenbrier County
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Largest black
walnut tree in the state of West Virginia
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Homesite of
Bricktop, Alderson’s most famous native daughter
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Alderson’s famous
(orange!) train depot, circa 1896, when Alderson was the third
most important freight stop in West Virginia
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The Alderson
Memorial Bridge (c. 1914) – once the longest earth-filled
reinforced concrete arch bridge in West Virginia – over the
beautiful Greenbrier River
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Historically
designated downtown business district, including Alderson’s
Store, family-owned department store since 1887
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Alderson
Hospitality House, formerly the Allegheny Collegiate Institute
for Girls
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Alderson Community
Center, formerly Alderson High School, and Alderson’s community
cannery
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Alexander McVeigh
Miller House (also known as The Cedars), built in 1881
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Camp Greenbrier for
Boys (c. 1898), the oldest continuously operating private camp
in the country
Come explore our Gem of the Hills!
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