Excerpt from West Virginia Wesleyan College Catalog 1917

One of the hardships of the pioneers of western Virginia was the lack of schools for their children. In seeking to provide for this necessity, the Methodists founded an academy at Clarksburg in the first half of the last century. This prospered until sectional misunderstanding caused the school to close. During the years succeeding the war many efforts were made to secure a centrally-located institution of higher education, but it was not until 1890 that those efforts were realized.

In 1876 Buckhannon presented a request and a pledge of money to the West Virginia Conference to locate a seminary in the town. In 1883 a committee appointed by the Annual Conference recommended the establishment of a seminary, and a year later the conference appointed a board of trustees for the proposed school. The conference enlarged the board of trustees in 1885 and directed it to receive contributions and proposals for the endowment and location of a seminary, and on August 29, 1887, the trustees purchased forty-three acres at Buckhannon for $5,551.87. In October of the same year the conference in session at Parkersburg ratified the action and directed the trustees to proceed with the erection of the buildings. The main building was completed during the summer of 1890 and school was opened September 3rd of that year. The Ladies" Hall was erected in 1895 and in 1902 the Music Hall was completed. About 1892 the president"s residence was built.

On February 4th, 1905, the main building was destroyed by fire. Steps were taken immediately to replace it and the following year College Hall was ready for occupancy. The same year the central heating plant was installed in a building erected for that purpose. The Gymnasium was erected in 1912, and Haymond Science Hall in 1913.

Beginning as a seminary, the institution in June, 1903, was chartered with full power to confer degrees and the course of study was raised to college grade.

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