Alderson Broaddus University
Alderson Broaddus University (AB) was a private Baptist university in Philippi, West Virginia. It was founded in 1871 and suspended its operations on August 31, 2023.
The college's campus in the early 1930s.
The Burbick Hall administration building, with the Shearer Quadrangle fountain in the foreground.
Philippi ('FILL-uh-pea') is a city in and the county seat of Barbour County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tygart Valley River. The population was 2,929 at the 2020 census. In 1861, the city was the site of the Battle of Philippi, known as the "Philippi Races". Although a minor skirmish, this is considered the earliest notable land action of the American Civil War. The city has a weekly newspaper, The Barbour Democrat.
The Philippi Historic District with the Barbour County Courthouse seen from across the Tygart Valley River in 2007
Town of Phillippi (1861)
Bird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia, 1897
Court Square in Philippi looking northwest along Main Street (U.S. Route 250). The Barbour County Courthouse is at right.