Open House: The Historical Society Building at 404 Fourth Ave. will be open Every 1st Saturday (10-2 pm). Come see our hundredes of photos, displays and St. Albans Yearbooks.
RENT the St. Albans Historical Society Building at 404 Fourth Ave. For showers, receptions, parties, reunions, etc. Only $35 for 4 hours. a $35 deposit is required....to be returned. We have a full kitchen with refrigerator, oven and microwave. Excellent for small functions. 30 chairs and 8-6' tables. Call Denise Cyrus at 304 206-1974 to get a building use agreement sent to you. Also..see: St. Albans Historical Society on Facebook for photos or Agreement.
For a Building Use Agreement: Click Here or go to:
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSc5.../viewform....
- November 12 at 2 pm. Our next meeting will be on Sunday, November 14,
2022 at 2 pm. It will be “Show and Tell”. Everyone please bring an
interesting item to share.
- History and Mystery Walking Tour - October 16. A historical evening tour around downtown of several historical homes. Contact: Denise Cyrus: 304 206-1974 for meeting place, time and cost.
- History and Mystery Tour - October 23. A driving historical evening tour around town with re-enactors telling Civil War stories. Contact: Denise Cyrus: 304 206-1974 for meeting place, time and cost.
- Christmas Historic Homes Tour - Saturday, December 11 from 5-8 pm. A driving tour. Meet at 404 Fourth Ave. (adjacent to C&O Depot) to purchase your ticket ($10)and get a map and brochure.
NEWSLETTERS ADDED: Twenty two (22) (1992 - 1995) & (2003-2006) Newsletters have been added to this web page. See "Newsletters" page.
St. Albans Historical Society - 2021 Meeting Dates
All meetings are at the Wm. P. Burdette Memorial Building at 404, 4th Ave. 2:00 p.m. (Regular meetings are on 2nd Sundays unless otherwise stated)
June – August - Morgan’s Kitchen Open House, Sunday, 2-4 pm
September 12, 2021 – Regular Meeting
September 18, 2021 – Founders Day on main Street (10-4 pm)
October 9, 2021 - Morgan’s Kitchen Fall Festival (2nd Saturday)
October 16, 2021 – History and Mystery Tour (Walking)
October 23, 2021 – History and Mystery Tour (Civil War Theme - driving)
November 14, 2021 – Regular Meeting
December 11, 2021 - Christmas Historic Homes Tour, (2nd Saturday), 5 - 8 p.m.
Some Past Society Newsletter Topic Were: (1992-1994)
March 1992 (Carol Graley new editor)
· Hotel Majestic
· Incident at Indian Creek
· High-Tor House
· C&O Railroad
June 1992
· “A Hundred Years Ago” – Poem
· Kanawha Baptist Church at Pratt, WV
· Log Chain and Ring Dogs
· Stephen Teays story
· Carroll Hansford story
· Casdorph & Curry Funeral Home
September 1992
· Carter Woodson Jr. High School (1935-1956)
· Shelton College
· Ninety-one years in Kanawha County
December 1992
· “St. Albans History” book written
· “A Piece of the Past – 100 years Ago”
· Daisy Chambers Washington
· The Thompsons of Coalsmouth
· King Family Cemetery
March 1993
· Dawson Printing Company
· Families of St. Albans & New “St. Albans History” book
June 1993
· Stephen Capehart – About St. Albans
· St. Albans High School – 1915-1925 Seniors and Teachers
September 1993
· St. Albans - Nitro Bridge 1934 Opening Program
· Arthur Hughes Poem to wife Jennie
· Brief History of St. Albans
December 1993
· Christmas Homes Tour
· St. Albans Historical Society Membership List
· Justice of the Peace – 1842
· Cameron Thompson story
· Uncle Billy Armstead story
· Pearson House – 8th Ave.
March 1994
· Halloween Prank story by Albert Spurlock
· Aunt Molly Spurlock Peck story
· Coal River Man Executed – 1858
· Late 18th Century Medical Terms
June 1994
· Deaths in Kanawha County – 1853-1899
· Interview with Ensell Mercer (Caldwell)
September 1994
· Nitro Toll Bridge Memories
· “69 Years – For Better or Worse” by John Burgess
· Vintroux Stone and Cemetery
· Family History : Wood, Langley, Rain, Fanning
· Wreak of the No. 1 by Dunbar
December 1994
· Browder Family history
· McNeeley Cemetery
· Thomas Cemetery
· Gray Cemetery
· St. Albans Historical Society Membership List
