Know Your School: Education and Opportunity at Bolling School NOW OPEN
The Greenbrier Historical Society, through a partnership with the Bolling School Alumni Association and the Greenbrier Community School, has opened our latest exhibit examining the history of Bolling High School. This exhibit provides an opportunity to explore the stories of the faculty and staff who served as a foundation of the school and its culture. See images of the faculty and students, hear stories from alumni, and learn about historic Black communities in the Greenbrier Valley.
To visit the exhibit in person, please contact the Greenbrier Community School at (304) 793-2420 to schedule a visit. You may also explore the virtual exhibit by clicking the link below.
To visit the exhibit in person, please contact the Greenbrier Community School at (304) 793-2420 to schedule a visit. You may also explore the virtual exhibit by clicking the link below.
Frazer's Star Hotel Tavern Room |
NOW OPEN - self guided & free to the public! |
James Frazer purchased the North House in 1836, an ideal location for Frazer’s Star Hotel. Mr. Frazer had already purchased the adjacent lot and built the Greenbrier County Court Library there in 1834.
The Star Hotel was popular among traveling judges and lawyers who could do their research next door at the library. To create the Star Hotel, Frazer more than doubled the size of the North House by adding on two additional wings of rooms for guests and various outbuildings. An 1854 description of the property stated there were two good cellars, an orchard, a vegetable garden, a fifty-horse stable, outhouses comprising of servants’ (enslaved) cabins, kitchens, a meat house, and a dairy. The hotel operated until James Frazer’s death in 1854.
Join us in the recreated tavern room from Frazer’s Star Hotel at the North House Museum. The Tavern Room serves as both an educational period room and an event space. Visitors will learn about the history of the Frazer family, the enslaved presence at the Star Hotel, and the role of hotels and resorts in the mid-1800s.
Try your hand at writing with quill and ink, or attempt a game of historic loo with your group. Enjoy a beer in the Tavern Room during special events.
The Star Hotel was popular among traveling judges and lawyers who could do their research next door at the library. To create the Star Hotel, Frazer more than doubled the size of the North House by adding on two additional wings of rooms for guests and various outbuildings. An 1854 description of the property stated there were two good cellars, an orchard, a vegetable garden, a fifty-horse stable, outhouses comprising of servants’ (enslaved) cabins, kitchens, a meat house, and a dairy. The hotel operated until James Frazer’s death in 1854.
Join us in the recreated tavern room from Frazer’s Star Hotel at the North House Museum. The Tavern Room serves as both an educational period room and an event space. Visitors will learn about the history of the Frazer family, the enslaved presence at the Star Hotel, and the role of hotels and resorts in the mid-1800s.
Try your hand at writing with quill and ink, or attempt a game of historic loo with your group. Enjoy a beer in the Tavern Room during special events.
This exhibit was made possible by the Greenbrier County Arts & Recreation Fund.
The Road to Plenty |
NOW OPEN |
Self Guided and FREE to the public!
The Road to Plenty exhibit, in our updated wagon house, examines the economy of early colonial settlement in the Greenbrier Valley between 1770 and 1820. During this period the community had two economic systems. A subsistence economy in which people produced just enough to survive and a market economy in which people produced enough surplus that they could trade and sell. European settlers used both economic systems to improve their standard of living while relying on the knowledge and labor of the diverse Greenbrier Valley community. Settlers relied on Native American knowledge, the unpaid labor of enslaved people, and the ability of women to take on traditional and non-traditional roles. Visit the Coffman Covered Wagon, in our newest exhibit to see an example of early trade in action.
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The Road to Plenty exhibit has been made possible in part by grants from the West Virginia Humanities Council and the Jeanne G. and Lawson W. Hamilton Jr. Family Foundation
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The Jeanne G. and Lawson W. Hamilton, Jr. Family Foundation |
Conflict & Consequences:
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The newly crafted exhibit, Conflict and Consequences, will start by discussing the complex period of white settlement of Native lands in the Greenbrier Valley before moving on to the War of 1812, the Civil War, and World Wars I and II. We will view these national and international events on a local scale and explore their impacts on our diverse communities, the economy, and the land.
A Brief History of the Greenbrier Resort
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Watch as Bob Conte, Board Member of the Greenbrier Historical Society, talks a bit about his career as the Historian at the Greenbrier Resort. Starting with the Hotel's origin in 1778 and moving up through modern day, Conte gives an authentic insider view of the illustrious Greenbrier Resort and his role there.
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SEE WHAT'S ON EXHIBIT
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Echoes of Slavery in Greenbrier County
The Road to Plenty The Star Hotel Tavern Room Various Period Rooms North House 200 |
Conflict and Consequences: Military History of the Greenbrier Valley
The Work and Life of Anthony and Fanny Carter The Doris Caldwell Dioramas Hands-On Textile Display Know Your School: Education and Opportunity at Bolling School |
