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West Virginia Day Open House

WVHC Event

Location/County: Charleston, Kanawha
June 20, 2014

Three historic Charleston properties are working together to coordinate open houses in honor of West Virginia’s birthday on June 20. The participating properties are the Glenwood Estate (built in 1852) located at 800 Orchard Street on Charleston’s West Side, the West Virginia Humanities Council’s MacFarland-Hubbard House (1836) located at 1310 Kanawha Boulevard East, and the Craik-Patton House (1834) located at 2809 Kanawha Boulevard East. All of the houses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Glenwood will offer house tours from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon including demonstrations by the Lucy Quarrier Weavers. The MacFarland-Hubbard House will welcome guests from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. The Craik-Patton House will be open from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. with a tea and a Humanities Council History Alive! presentation of Robert E. Lee by Al Stone at 3:00 p.m. All activities are free and open to the public with light refreshments provided at each location.

For more information contact the Craik-Patton House at 304-925-5341 or the West Virginia Humanities Council at 304-346-8500.

The West Virginia Humanities Council will celebrate West Virginia’s birthday by having an Open House between noon and 2:00PM on June 20. Visit the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, headquarters to the Humanities Council.