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Women stand on the porch and in the lawn of the Morgantown Female Seminary on South High Street. The building burnt down in 1889.

1. Morgantown Female Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
011337
Title:
Morgantown Female Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1888
Description:
Women stand on the porch and in the lawn of the Morgantown Female Seminary on South High Street. The building burnt down in 1889.
'This was the last female seminary in Morgantown. It was owned and operated by Mrs. E.L. Moore, mother of Susan Maxwell Moore. Mrs. Moore had been the principal of Woodburn Female Seminary located where Woodburn Hall now stands. This last seminary was on the corner of High and Foundry Streets, facing High Street. It burned in April 1889. Back row left to right are: Mrs. Sarah Moore (grandmother), Mrs. Elizabeth Deven McGee, Mrs. E.L. Moore, unidentified, Mrs. M. J. Brand, Willa Brand, George M. Brand, and Lieutenant Will Moore of the Navy. Front row left to row are: Mrs. Will Moore (Lois), Willie Moore, Elizabeth Thomas, Mrs. M. Sweeney, and Susan Maxwell Moore.'

2. Morgantown Female Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
011338
Title:
Morgantown Female Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1888
Description:
'This was the last female seminary in Morgantown. It was owned and operated by Mrs. E.L. Moore, mother of Susan Maxwell Moore. Mrs. Moore had been the principal of Woodburn Female Seminary located where Woodburn Hall now stands. This last seminary was on the corner of High and Foundry Streets, facing High Street. It burned in April 1889. Back row left to right are: Mrs. Sarah Moore (grandmother), Mrs. Elizabeth Deven McGee, Mrs. E.L. Moore, unidentified, Mrs. M. J. Brand, Willa Brand, George M. Brand, and Lieutenant Will Moore of the Navy. Front row left to row are: Mrs. Will Moore (Lois), Willie Moore, Elizabeth Thomas, Mrs. M. Sweeney, and Susan Maxwell Moore.'
Rev. Moore was the superintendent of the Woodburn Female Seminary in Morgantown. Moore ran the school with his wife, Elizabeth Moore until 1866. In 1867 the new land-grant University (later known as West Virginia University) took over the building.

3. Reverend J. R. Moore, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
039398
Title:
Reverend J. R. Moore, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1860
Description:
Rev. Moore was the superintendent of the Woodburn Female Seminary in Morgantown. Moore ran the school with his wife, Elizabeth Moore until 1866. In 1867 the new land-grant University (later known as West Virginia University) took over the building.