Anna Maria Jarvis was the founder of Mother's Day in the United States. Her mother had frequently expressed a desire to establish such a holiday, and after her mother's death, Jarvis led the movement for the commemoration. However, as the years passed, Jarvis grew disenchanted with the growing commercialization of the observation and even attempted to have Mother's Day rescinded. By the early 1940s, she had become infirm, and was placed in a sanatorium by friends and associates where she died on November 24, 1948. A legend exists that a portion of her medical bills were paid for by florists.
Webster is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia. It lies four miles south of Grafton. Its elevation is 1,019 feet above sea level.
Ridgeville is an unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along U.S. Routes 50 and 220 in the Mill Creek Valley, west of Markwood.
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, the "mother church" of Mother's Day, was incorporated as the International Mother's Day Shrine on May 15, 1962, as a shrine to all mothers. It is best known for being the place that Anna Jarvis conceived of the idea of Mother's Day. The church is located along Main Street in downtown Grafton in Taylor County, West Virginia.
The Coal House in Williamson, West Virginia is a unique building built of coal masonry. The bituminous coal was quarried as blocks and dressed as stone using 65 tons of coal from the nearby Winifrede Seam. At the time of its construction it was the only coal building in West Virginia. The house was designed by architect Hassel T. Hicks of Welch, West Virginia and supervised by David M. Goode. The coal masonry was varnished for weather-resistance. Located adjacent to the Mingo County Courthouse, it houses the Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Old Sutton High School, also known as Sutton Grade School, was a historic school located at Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1906, and was a three-story red brick building. It measured 68 feet by 64 feet and featured a three-story, truncated entrance tower. It housed eight classrooms, a full basement, and an auditorium on the third floor. Rooms had high, pressed tin ceilings.
Silas P. Smith Opera House was a historic theatre located at West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia. It was built in 1900, and was a two-story brick commercial building measuring 40 feet (12 m) wide and 70 feet (21 m) deep. It had simple Romanesque Revival style architectural details. At one time, the building housed the Doddridge County Public Library. It was demolished on November 13, 2019. It was included in both the West Union Downtown Historic District and the West Union Residential Historic District.
Armstrong House is a historic home located at Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia. It was built about 1848, and is a two-story brick rectangle with a two-story ell (modified "T") in the Greek Revival style. It is the oldest house in Ripley.
Cottrill's Opera House, known since 1915 as Sutton's Opera House or Sutton Theater, is a historic vaudeville and movie theater building in Thomas, Tucker County, West Virginia.
Delta Tau Delta Founders House is a historic home associated with Bethany College, at Bethany, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Thomas Maslin House, also known as Mortimer Gamble House and Maslin-Gamble House, is a historic home located at Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. It was built in 1848, and is a two-story brick dwelling with a vernacular Federal style. It features a single-bay, pedimented portico supported by paired Ionic order columns. Above the four panel entrance is a semi-elliptical fanlight. Also on the property is a contributing two story, brick servant's quarters.
Jacob Prickett Jr. Log House is a historic home located near Montana, Marion County, West Virginia. It was built in 1781, and is a two-story, rectangular log structure with a gable roof. It has a sandstone-walled cellar.
Lewis-Capehart-Roseberry House, also known as "Roseberry," is a historic home located at Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia. It was built about 1820, and is a spacious two story, double-pile, brick residence with a gable roof in the Federal-style. It features sandstone lintels and sills.
Shumaker-Lewis House, also known as Virgil A. Lewis House, was a historic home located in Mason, West Virginia. It was built about 1885, and was a two-story Victorian-era frame cottage. It featured a two tier Eastlake movement style porch. It was the home of Virgil A. Lewis (1848-1912), the first State Historian and Archivist of West Virginia, 1905–1912. It was the headquarters of the Mason City Historical Society. It was demolished in 2014 and the Virgil A. Lewis Park now occupies the site.
Vandiver-Trout-Clause House is a historic home located at Ridgeville, Mineral County, West Virginia. For many years it provided accommodations for travelers and also served as a post office, tavern, polling place, and landmark. It is an L-shaped, two-story frame building with a gable roof in a vernacular Federal style. It was built sometime in the first quarter of the 19th century.
David Stewart Farm, also known as Rock Valley Farm, is a historic house and farm located near Triadelphia, Ohio County, West Virginia. The main house was built about 1812, and is a two-story sandstone dwelling. It is a rectangular, single pile, center-hall structure. Also on the property are a sandstone spring house with workshop above, corncrib, washhouse, and old barn.
Monroe Street East Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district encompasses six contributing buildings. They are a Greek Revival style church built in 1837, a Roman-Tuscan style dwelling dated to 1852 and known as the Paxton-Reed House, and an eclectic 1881 dwelling. Also in the district is a Richardsonian Romanesque style apartment building and a set of vernacular post-American Civil War townhouses.
Frank and Anna Hunter House, also known as Pocohontas County Museum, is a historic home located at Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was built in 1903, and is a two-story, square frame dwelling. The house has a hipped roof with dormers and crowned with a captain's walk. The front elevation features Victorian-Gothic "icing" ornamentation. Also on the property is a log cabin built about 1850 and moved to the property from nearby Beards Mountain. The Pocohontas County Historical Society purchased the property for use as a museum in 1963.
The Block 0-100 East Franklin Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Richmond, Virginia. It is located west of downtown. The district encompasses 21 contributing buildings built between about 1840 and 1920. The district is characterized by numerous mid- to late-19th century brick town houses in a variety of popular 19th-century architectural styles including Queen Anne, Italianate, and Greek Revival.
