The Preston County Sports Museum is located in Rowlesburg at the Szilagyi Center (former Rowlesburg High School building).  The museum is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays between the hours of 1:00 and 4:00 with a $5.00 donation accepted.   Currently Room 1 contains sports and music memorabilia  from our county’s original high schools:  Arthurdale, Aurora, Bruceton, Fellowsville, Kingwood, Masontown-Valley, Newburg,Rowlesburg, Terra Alta and Tunnelton.

Room 2, which is in the process of being organized for next year,  will feature  county high schools from 1977 to 1991, prior to the formation of Preston High School.  These schools include:  Bruceton, Central Preston, East Preston, Rowlesburg and West Preston.  When completed, the museum will feature all local high schools prior to  Preston High School in 1991.

Museum signs were constructed courtesy of Scott Shaffer of Scott Ford in Kingwood.  Reprinting copies of the “History of Preston County Buckwheat Basketball- 1929-1977 by Mike Teets was made possible by Clear Mountain and WesBanco Banks and Shaffer Printing.  Museum information is available at www.rowlesburg.info

The next meeting of the PCSM delegates will be on Tuesday, September 13 at 7:00 pm.