Skip
Navigation

On This Day
in West Virginia History...


Burning of the West Virginia State Capitol

On January 3, 1921, the State Capitol in Charleston was destroyed by fire.

Learn more:
West Virginia Inspection Bureau Report, 1921. Ms2003- 005
Photographs of the Capitols of West Virginia
Video Clip     (not available at present)
Document-Based Questions


On This Day in West Virginia History: January

West Virginia Archives and History