Young Historicans Club - Anyone who has kids or teens in their lives who are interested in local St. Albans history....we are starting a Young Historians Club at the St. Albans Historical Society. We will meet the LAST Sunday of every month at 404 4th Avenue from 2-4 p.m. (adjacent to the C&O Depot). Membership is FREE and FUN is guaranteed. Parents/caregivers are welcome to accompany their children. Please share with a friend (or several) who might be interested! For information, call Denise Cyrus at: 304 206-1974.
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.
Our April Meeting will be on Sunday, April 10, at 2pm, at 404 Fourth Ave.
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....
The St. Albans Historical Society PICNIc is Sunday, June 5, at 2pm at Morgan’s Kitchen.
The Annual St. Albans Founders Day will not be held this year.
NEWSLETTERS ADDED: Twenty two (22) (1992 - 1995) & (2003-2006) Newsletters have been added to this web page. See "Newsletters" page.
St. Albans Historical Society - 2022 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)
April 10, 2022 - Regular Meeting
June 5, 2022 - Sunday Picnic, 2 p.m. at Morgan’s Kitchen
June – August - Morgan’s Kitchen Open House, Sunday, 2-4 pm
September 11, 2022 – Regular Meeting
October 8, 2022 - Morgan’s Kitchen Fall Festival (2nd Saturday)
October 15, 2022 – History and Mystery Tour
October 22, 2022 – History and Mystery Tour
October 23, 2022 – “Rebel Sisters” play at City Park Amphitheater. (New)
November 13, 2022 – Regular Meeting
December 10, 2022 - Christmas Historic Homes Tour, (2nd Saturday), 5 - 8 p.m.
December 11, 2022 – Morgan’s Kitchen Open House and Bonfire, 4 - 7 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
