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Wildwood (Beckley, West Virginia) / 37.77083°N 81.18667°W / 37.77083; -81.18667. Wildwood, also known as the General Alfred Beckley Home, is a historic home located at Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia. The house is open as the Wildwood House Museum and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
- Lilly, John
- 1835
- 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
- 117 Laurel Ter., Beckley, West Virginia
History of Wildwood. Historic Wildwood in autumn. In 1835, when Alfred Beckley first visited the land he had inherited from his father, he looked out over a small portion of the vast expanse of acreage and saw nothing. There was an Indian trail in front of him, and the population of the immediate area in what was then southern Fayette County ...
The home of Alfred Beckley, the founder of Raleigh County and Beckley, West Virginia, has been restored to its late-19th century appearance and is managed as a city historical museum, through which the life of Beckley and his family is revealed. Wildwood was first built as a double log cabin in about 1835 on what was then a wilderness trail. A foresighted engineer, Beckley predicted the trail ...
Wildwood-Beckley Family Collection Ms2020-036. ... 2:21 Speech of Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia in the United States Senate, April 16, 1893 ... 2:23 Song Sheet ...
Wildwood, also known as the General Alfred Beckley Home, is a historic home located at Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia. The house is open as the Wildwood House Museum and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]
The historic home of Beckley's founder, General Alfred Beckley was built in 1836. In1850 a kitchen, dining room and porches were added. The entire structur...
