About the Fayette County Historical Society

Fayette County Historical Society was organized in 1926 by J.T. Peters and H.B. Carden who had written and published the original Fayette County History.  No record of activities of the Society have been found until 1948 when the Rev. Shirley Donnelly reactivated the Society and served as its President until his resignation in 1964.  The objective of the Historical Society is to preserve the past for the future.

In 1942, the tract of land of over 135 acres was deeded by executors of Angia Imboden Taylor's will to J.A. Nunnery a local real estate developer who divided the tract into lots and began to sell them.  In 1960 the Rev. Shirley Donnelly with the support from the Society, raised $3,500.00 by popular subscription to buy the property which is now the home of The Fayette County Historical Society. 

Today the Fayette County Historical Society is working on reaching out to the greater community of Fayette County and building a registrar of the many historical sites here.  One of our goals is to gain community interest and cooperation the help us keep our historical sites and the history that lives in them alive and available to all future generations.  West Virginia is rich in history and culture.  Our members come from all over the United States.  There is no age limit for members, we hope to interest the younger generation as well as the old so that we may leave what we have learned and accomplished to those who follow so that they may carry on and build to it.

The Fayette County Historical Society is governed by a Board of Trustees from which the Society's officers are elected.





Fayette County Historical Society is a non-profit organization under the laws of the State of West Virginia.