Marlinton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Marlinton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Marlinton is named for Jacob Marlin, who, along with Stephen Sewell, became the first non-native settlers west of the Allegheny Mountains, in the Greenbrier Valley in 1749. New Englanders Marlin and Sewell built a cabin in what would become Marlinton, but after various religious disputes, Sewell moved into a nearby hollowed-out sycamore tree. In 1751, surveyor John Lewis discovered the pair. Sewell eventually settled on the eastern side of Sewell Mountain, near present-day Rainelle.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Marlinton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marlinton’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCountry view near Marlinton, W. V…, 1921: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Marlinton
See all 2 →Marlinton, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsThis is NOT an ice-cream cone with windows. Otherwise, we'r…2015
CommonsThe visitor center in the 1901 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway de…2015
CommonsThe Opera House in2015
CommonsThe C.J. Richardson Hardware Building in2015
CommonsA log cabin moved to the grounds of the Pocahontas County H…2015
CommonsPioneer Days Carnival 20112011
CommonsPocahontas Opera House2009
CommonsG R T 2004 Marlinton Trailhead2006
CommonsWVMap-doton-Marlinton20046 historic places in Marlinton
6 places in Marlinton are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1976Frank and Anna Hunter House
Listed 1977Pocahontas Times Print Shop
Listed 1979Marlinton Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station
Listed 1994Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail
Listed 2000IOOF Lodge Building
Listed 2000Marlinton Opera HouseThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Country view near Marlinton, W. Va. LOC nclc.04408 (1921) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.