1928 - Alderson High School - 1968
Only Yesterday In Alderson - Page4
Tom Dixon
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In
the
area
now
occupied
by
Camp
Greenbrier
the
largest
fair
in
West
Virginia
was
held
from
1884
to
1890.
The
Greenbrier
Valley
Industrial
Exposition
was
widely
attended
affair
during
its
operation,
and
special
trains
were
operated
from
Charleston
and
Clifton
Forge
to
bring
in
revellers
on
the
fair
days.
Here
we
see
the
imposing
main
gate.
Photo
from
W.
Va.
Collection
,
W.
V.
U.
Library.
H.
J.
Rowe
and
clerk
lounge
in
his
typical
general
store
near
the
north end of the bridge about 1909. Photo from H. J. Rowe, Jr.
The
old
Greenbrier
Baptist
Church
building
about
1910.
Elder
John
Alderson
established
this
as
one
of
the
churches
west
of
the
mountains
when
it
was
charted
on
November
25,
1781.
This
building
was
constructed
in
1870
and
the
bell
tower
added
after
1900.
Upon
the
foundation
of
this
church
and
its
first
minister
was
the town of Alderson laid. Photo J. W. McClung.
Johnson
Memorial
Methodist
Church
building
was
put
under
construction
in
1922
and
its
neoclassic
architecture
is
still
an
ornament
to
the
town.
The
Methodist
organize
in
Alderson
in
1874 with Rev. W. L. Lynch of the Blue Sulphur in charge.
Alderson
Collegiate
Institute
(ACI)
buildings
were
completed
in
1889
and
the
grade
and
high
school
opened
under
the
aegis
of
the
Methodist
in
southern
West
Virginia.
It
was
a
highly
respected
school
in
the
1890s
and
the
early
years
of
the
1900s,
open
to
all
despite
its
denominational
support.
Only
the
old
boarding
house
(right) still remains. Photo J. W. McClung.