These packages, outlined below, will be auctioned off to the highest bidder(s) and are guaranteed to be special.
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We are excited to present another great Stellar Evening here at the Greenbrier Historical Society. While pandemic planning has made it necessary to hold this year’s event virtually again, we’ve come up with some really unique and fun opportunities for our friends and supporters to show their love for the work we do. This year’s silent auction will be online and feature exclusive packages that are built around experiences that you just can’t get anywhere else.
Online Bidding will be live from
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Dinner for Two on the North House Balcony
If the price is right, you can purchase a dining experience unlike anything else in the Greenbrier Valley. Imagine a moonlit evening where you and your guest will get a chance to have a delicious catered dinner served to you as you sit on the balcony overlooking downtown Lewisburg. We’ll provide a dinner especially created for you (including drinks), some romantic music, and a view you won’t find anywhere else. You pick the special occasion, and we’ll offer you the chance of a lifetime to make that occasion even more special!
Night in the Museum
Hollywood has led us to believe that, when left unattended, history comes alive at night. Is this the case for the exhibits in the North House? Well, the highest bidder has the opportunity to discover for themselves just what goes bump in the night when the lights are out in a 200-year-old house. This experience is perfect for you and up to 7 of your friends to come and have a sleepover and explore the museum after hours. We’ll provide the popcorn, you bring your sleeping bags and be prepared to enjoy the museum in a way that no one else has! Maybe you want to hunt for ghosts, or watch a scary movie, or just enjoy the peace and quiet of being in the heart of downtown Lewisburg in the wee hours of the morning.
Star Hotel Tavern Room Happy Hour
Every employee loves the coworker who sets up the best happy hour. If you bid wisely, you can be the star of the breakroom by being the one to bring up to 16 officemates in for a great after-work experience in our Star Tavern Room. We’ll open up the taps as well as some bottles of wine, we’ll put out some snacks, and you can walk away being employee of the year when you treat your staff to a fun-filled time raising toasts and unwinding in a historic atmosphere.
Dinner Party at the North House
Dinner parties are about getting together with friends, sharing a good meal, and creating new memories while reminiscing about your favorite times. But hosting a dinner party means stressing about cooking and cleaning, and preparing your home for your guests. Why not let us take care of the heavy lifting? The highest bidder will be able to host a dinner for up to 8 friends here at the North House. We’ll take care of the details, the menu, and the entertainment. You just have to put out the invitation. Enjoy a catered dinner, wine, and all the fun of hosting a dinner party without all the work!
Holiday Carol with Our Board & Friends
As we enter the holiday season, yours can be the most popular house when you purchase the talent and services of the Greenbrier Historical Society (and equally talented friends) who will come to your neighborhood and offer up to an hour of holiday spirit! Sit in the warmth of your home as the magical sounds of the season raise the level of your Christmas Spirit to Kris Kringle heights! Whether or not you bring us figgy pudding, we are sure to bring you a host of holiday cheer!
Join us on Monday, Dec. 6th as we congratulate the winners on Facebook Live!
Frazer's Star Hotel Tavern Room |
NOW OPEN |
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 Greenbrier Valley Brewing Company's Ole Ran'l Pilsner on draft in the Tavern Room during First Fridays and other 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 Greenbrier Valley Brewing Company's Ole Ran'l Pilsner on draft in the Tavern Room during First Fridays and other special events.
This exhibit was made possible by the Greenbrier County Arts & Recreation Funds
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.
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 |
