Short Drive in Clarksburg, WV: Victorian Mansion, Robinson Theater, Historic Downtown & Courthouse скачать в хорошем качестве

Short Drive in Clarksburg, WV: Victorian Mansion, Robinson Theater, Historic Downtown & Courthouse

July 2, 2024 A short drive around Clarksburg, West Virginia, the Harrison County Seat. In the video you can see a few beautiful Victorian era houses, the library, the Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center, historic downtown and a look at the Harrison County courthouse. You can also see the Waldomore estate next to the library in the video. I had trouble finding the courthouse, even though I drove past it a few times, but I didn't see it! lol ..."Clarksburg is almost 1,000 ft above sea level in a region of steeply rolling hills along the West Fork River. Established in 1785, it was named for General George Rogers Clark, an important military leader in the Revolutionary War and the brother of William Clark, who was half of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It was the birthplace of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Clarksburg, along with Fairmont 20 minutes north, has a fairly large population descended from Italian immigrants, many of whom came to the area to work in the coal mines and the glass factories. While Fairmont claims to be the place of origin of West Virginia's official state food: the pepperoni roll; Clarksburg also has a large proportion of bakeries specializing in the dish. Many Italians initially settled in the Glen Elk neighborhood, located between the train station (now a CSX office) and downtown on the other side of Elk Creek. Clarksburg has suffered significant population loss within its city limits, as of 2020 half of its 1950 peak. Additionally, the historic downtown business district has suffered an apocalyptic vacancy rate with many grand buildings from Clarksburg's wealthy heyday at risk of demolition. While some of this is directly due to de-industrialization, more has to do with suburbanization and lack of civic motive to invest in the city center, evidenced by the fact that the suburb of Bridgeport to the east of Clarksburg has grown significantly during this time, and the retail nucleus of Harrison County has transitioned to a long string of big-box style development on Emily Dr. (paralleling I-79) between Clarksburg and Bridgeport.".... https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Clarks...) ************************* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksb... https://comehometoclarksburg.com/ #clarksburg #westvirginia #downtown #harrison #glass #coalmining #westfork #alongtheway #victorian #timetraveler #travel