WV-045 Rowan Memorial Home


Marker text: ROWAN MEMORIAL HOME

Established as a home for the aged by act of the Legislature in 1945. Named for Andrew Summers Rowan, carrier of the "message to Garcia". The oldest building, erected in 1833, is of Thomas Jefferson design and named in his honor.

West Virginia Department of Culture and History, 1978

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