Open
May 1st 2008
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While making your vacation plans for 2008,
consider touring one of the oldest wooden company stores still left in our country today.
This very unique architectural structure sold everything from candy to caskets,
and was the center of the coal camp lifestyle.
Explore this historical icon,while discovering little known facts about our coal mining towns and the families that lived there.
Learn about the ways families worshiped, worked, played, and lived together.
Whipple Company Store & Museum
is
Located in
Southern West Virginia
in
Beautiful, Scenic, Fayette County,
Home to the famous New River Gorge Bridge
Join us in
Unraveling the questions about the hidden safeWhy a secret second floor?Operate the 1890's freight elevatorReceive mail from the historic Whipple Post officeDiscover the 3rd floor curiosities.Explore the folklore and the history walking in the footsteps of those gone before us.
Experience a behind the scenes guided tour that will unfold stories and tales of what life in the company store might have been like
for the management, the company workers, the miners, and their families.
$7.00 admission per person
under age 6 Free
Open 7 days for your touring pleasure
12:00 noon to 5:00 pm
group tours, and special events are available by calling (304) 465-0331
OPEN
May 1st 2008 thru October 31st 2008
Closed
November 1st 2008 thru April 30th 2009
Please sign our guest book and leave us with your comments.
If you have questions please call or email us
(304)465-0331
whipple@whipplecompanystore.com
We look forward to your visit!
04-22-2008
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