Glenville State College
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A college that offers both professional and general education with emphasis on teacher education was established by the Legislature in 1872 as the Glenville Branch of the West Virginia Normal School. Became Glenville State Normal School 1898. Became the Glenville State Teachers College in 1930 with four-year degree granting status.
The present name was approved in 1943 by the Legislature.
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More markers in Gilmer
Fort Moore
Glenville State College, WV
At top of the hill is the site of a log fort 30 X 30 feet in size, built in spring, 1864, for Capt. W. T. Wiant's Gilmer County Home Guards.
Samuel Lewis Hays
Glenville, WV
Built this home in 1837 on a 1000-acre tract, and laid out the town of Glenville in 1845.
Glenville State Teachers College
Glenville State College, WV
A central West Virginia college maintained for the training of grade and high school teachers.
Gilmer County/Lewis County
Formed in 1845 from Kanawha and Lewis.
Job's Temple
Begun 1860; finished after the Civil War; handhewn log church is oldest in Gilmer Co. Job's Temple Class of M. E. Church, South was...