Education
Built in 1894 and named for Reverend George Towers, a graduate of Oxford, England, who taught at Randolph Academy, Towers School followed a long educational tradition in the area. Randolph Academy, authorized by the Virginia Assembly in 1787, stood just to the east and served as the principal regional school from 1795 to 1843. The Northwestern Virginia Academy, incorporated by the Virginia Legislature in 1842, occupied this site from 1843 to 1893.
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Clarksburg, West Virginia · United States