Established in 1791. Brooke Academy, started, 1778, incorporated in 1799. Here lived Joseph Doddridge, the author of "Frontier Notes," and Patrick Gass, member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and author of its "Journal."

Marker is on Commerce Street (West Virginia Route 2) south of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north.

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