Gilmer County WV Historical Society

06/08/2026

Next week, remember on Thursday-Saturday, we'll be open the same hours as the West Virginia State Folk Festival,,,with art/crafts on display and for sale...plus you can buy the new book about Boyd Boggs' art and chances on the quilt! Come see us!! There will be goats in the parking lot and be sure to check out everything going on between us and the corner! June 18-20, 2026..

05/27/2026

The Gilmer County Historical Society is raffling off this quilt. The quilt top was designed and made by Melissa Gish and the quilt was quilted by Patty Thrasher. The Historical Society is open on Wednesdays from 11 to 3. Tickets will also be available at the Annex during the Folk Festival. $1 each or 6 for $5. The drawing for the quilt will be on Saturday, June 20th, in the Annex during the West Virginia State Folk Festival.

05/27/2026

The Gilmer County Historical Society has been working on this book for a few months and we are ready to sell them! The Annex is currently only open from 11:00 to 3:00 on Wednesdays but we will also have them for sell during the WV State Folk Festival. www.amazon.com/Art-Character-Boggs-Gilmer-County/dp/1953033156

05/23/2026

05/23/2026

Pictures of Tanner. Can anyone help to identify the approximate year they were taken?

05/23/2026

Late 1940s, as the old Whiting Hotel was torn down in 1946. Photo taken on Court Street looking toward Main Street in Glenville, West Virginia. You can see the Modern Dry Cleaners on the right, a shoe shop, and the Hub Department Store on the left. You might also note the G & D drug store has yet to be built. (Photo from the Mary Walters Martin Collection, courtesy of Ben Martin

05/23/2026

“We found these photos at the Calhoun County Museum. Do you think they might be in Gilmer? I also posted on the You Know You’re in Glenville page” Does anyone have any insight about this picture ?

05/01/2026

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24 Junior Belles to participate in the 2026 festival!
The 2026 festival will welcome the following young ladies: Barbour: MiKayna Jones; Braxton: Bexley Wood; Doddridge: Clair Sowders; Calhoun: Kamryn Stewart; Gilmer: Hope Adams; Grant: Baylee Ours; Greenbrier: Claira Nelson; Hardy: Acely Dennison; Harrison: Madeline Sill; Jackson: Layla Webb; Lewis: Makenna Phillips; Marion: Kelly Cole; Mineral: Vivian Conner; Monongalia: Kathleen Mehle; Ohio: Josephine Murrin; Putnam: Lily Torreyson; Randolph: Abigail Smart; Ritchie: Hadley Beck; Roane: Claire Green; Tyler: Cecelia Beaty; Webster: Bailey Myers; Wetzel: Emmy Morgan; Wirt: Chloe Romine; and Wood: Braelyn Lyons.

04/02/2026

Bennett Home, Stumptown WV

“Cecil Davis and Dutch Miller cut the stone for our home at Stumptown also for the celler house.
Albert and Rollie West built the house
from lumber wich was dried in a kiln near the store building and barns. The lumber was from saw sets located on our lands and selected for the buildings, etc. Railings in the home as well as other decorations in wood were hand made.”
Written by Mr. Bennett