Ben Franklin Store site

Ben Franklin Store site is an archaeological site in , which is located on West Main Street. Ben Franklin Store site is situated nearby to the historic building , as well as near the museum .
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Address: West Main Street, Romney, WV 26757
  • Inscription: “Ben Franklin Store site”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Literary Hall and Romney Academy.

Museum
Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a mid-19th-century brick , building and museum located in , a city in the U.S. state of . It is located at the intersection of North High Street and West Main Street.

Archaeological site
was an institution for higher education in , Virginia, United States. was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reorganized as the . is situated 400 feet east of Ben Franklin Store site.

Historic house
Photo: Quercus montana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a complex of three structures, built between the 1740s and 1780s, in . The clerk's office, dating from the 1780s, is the oldest surviving public office building in West Virginia. is situated 360 feet south of Ben Franklin Store site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Romney and Valley.

Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , United States, and its county seat. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Winchester, Virginia metropolitan area.

Hamlet
was a populated place and on the South Branch line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the U.S. state of . It was centered near the intersection of West Sioux Lane and Depot Road, now located within the present-day corporate boundaries of .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in in the U.S. state of . is located west of along the Northwestern Turnpike and the South Branch Valley Railroad.

Ben Franklin Store site

Latitude
39.34234° or 39° 20′ 32″ north
Longitude
-78.75719° or 78° 45′ 26″ west
Open location code
87F386RV+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5411517279
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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Highlights include 95 West Main Street and Romney First United Methodist Church.

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