Prince Train Station – It Never Gets Old
The Amtrak Station in Prince, West Virginia is probably one of the most photographed buildings in the state. Well, you can just add us to the long list of fans of this 1946 Streamline Moderne masterpiece! Our historic resource survey team was in the New River Gorge for a project recently and just happened to …
Read moreARA News: WV Division of Highways consulting and EDGE/DBE
Aurora Research Associates received official word today that we have been selected for the West Virginia Division of Highways Statewide Cultural Resources Services agreement. Firms on the statewide agreement list can be contracted for projects under a certain dollar figure by the WVDOH without going through the advertisement/bid/selection process. There is still a price negotiation …
Read moreGuest Blogging for the Blennerhassett Hotel
I’m helping my friends at Digital Relativity (who designed the ARA website, by the way) with some blogging for the historic Blennerhassett Hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia. They designed the hotel’s new website and are helping them with their digital marketing. There are several different people besides me contributing to the blog… I’m providing the …
Read moreBrookside Resort in Aurora, WV Approved for National Register
I’ve been working on a National Register nomination for the former Brookside Resort in Aurora, WV since last summer and I’m pleased to announce that my nomination was approved by the WV Archives and History Commission last Friday, March 1! It now goes to the National Park Service for technical review and I expect it …
Read moreGoing AWOL in Springfield, 1861
I recently completed a National Register of Historic Places nomination for the 1855 Brick House in Springfield, WV. One of the most interesting things I found during my research was a reference to the house in the book Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade by John O. Casler. Casler was a Confederate soldier from Springfield and his …
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