The caboose was built in 1912. It now houses a miniature railroad museum of articles used in the operation of the area's transportation system such as whistles, stoves, and lanterns. The railroad caboose was donated to the Museum by the Chessie System and moved from its original site in Pennsylvania to the Museum grounds by the Consolidated Coal Company.

Now located on the West Augusta Historical Society Museum grounds, this log cabin was originally built on the Deadfall Road in Wetzel County by George Washington Price in 1870. It was donated to the museum by the Higgins Family and moved to its new location with the help of the Marion County FFA.

Welcome to the Bowers House.  Started in circa 1868 as a Queen Anne Victorian Home, it was the 'ever-expanding home on High Street' of WV Senator George Walters Bowers and family, owners of the Warwick (USA) China Company, Bowers Pottery Company, Homewood Glass Company, S. George Company, First Exchange Bank, and many more turn of the Century enterprises and real estate throughout West Virginia. It continues to be lovingly restored and preserved today as an example of the West Virginia amenities of estate living of yesteryear!

The Depot is one of the few remain depots left in WV. It was originally built pre Civil War, breaking ground in 1852 and completed in 1855.  During the Civil War, the Depot was a major strategic site, an important link to the Ohio River. On May 27, 1860, the first Northern Civil War Troops arrived in Mannington from Wheeling. They were to become the 1st Regiment under Colonel Benjamin F Kelley. When the focus of the Civil War moved further west, an urgent call for help was received by President Lincoln from Tennessee. Lincoln answered this call with an army sent east to west by train. The Depot saw over 20,000 troops deployed through it over a period of 24 hours, which is still a major feat today. This mass migration included, in addition to the troops, ten batteries, horses, equipment, baggage, and wagons. They traveled over 1,100 miles. It was the first mass movement of people by train, not horses and wagons. The existence of the Railroad through Mannington was a major contributor to the success of the North during the Civil War.   After the war, the depot remained an important part of transportation for Mannington. The Depot was updated in 1906, and remained in steady use until October 1957, when the last Passenger Train departed from Mannington. 2011 saw the Depot being accepted on the Preservation Alliance WV Endangered Properties List. We are working diligently to preserve this important piece of Mannington's past.

1900's South Penn Oil Co. Gasoline Station The structure was the First Filling Station located in Mannington. It has since been restored and can be found at the Historical Society Museum.

West Augusta Historical Society Museums