 Beverly,
West Virginia
Continue on US 250 and follow US 33 (Corridor H) to Elkins. In
Elkins take US 219/250 to Beverly. This town was the southernmost
point of the Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike. The Turnpike, completed
in 1852, joined the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, which goes
over the mountains to eastern Virginia. A self-guided walking
tour of Beverly is available featuring the town square, the Beverly
Presbyterian Church, the Laura Arnold House, Bosworth Blackman
Store (now the Randolph County Museum), Beverly Bank, the Beverly
Union Hospital, the Crawford House and two 1800 jail structures.
Tours of the Lemuel Chenoweth house can be arranged. Chenoweth
was builder of the Philippi Covered bridge. Information and brochures
are available in the Rich Mountain Battlefield Visitors Center
just off the main street or call 304-637-RICH (7424) for information.
More information can be found online at http://www.richmountain.org/beverly.htm
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