Editing Weston, West Virginia (section)

==History==
Weston was founded in 1818 as Preston; the name was changed to Fleshersville soon after, and then to Weston in 1819.<ref>{{cite book| last= Swick |first= Gerald D. |editor= Ken Sullivan | title= The West Virginia Encyclopedia |year= 2006 |publisher= West Virginia Humanities Council |location=Charleston, W.Va. |isbn= 0-9778498-0-5 |pages= 779 |chapter=Weston State Hospital}}</ref>  The city was [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] in 1846.<ref>''West Virginia Blue Book.'' [http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Educational/publications/pub.cfm Published annually] by the Clerk's Office of the [[West Virginia Senate]].</ref>

Weston is the site of the former [[Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum]], a [[psychiatric hospital]] and [[National Historic Landmark]] which has been mostly vacant since its closure in 1994 upon its replacement by the nearby William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital. [[Jackson's Mill]], a childhood home of [[Stonewall Jackson]], is approximately four miles (6&nbsp;km) north of Weston; it has been operated as a [[4-H]] facility since the 1920s and is also the site of a conference center operated by the [[West Virginia University]] [[Agricultural extension|Extension]] Service.<ref>{{cite book |last=Meador |first=Michael M. |year=2006 |chapter=Jackson's Mill |title=The West Virginia Encyclopedia |editor=Ken Sullivan |location=Charleston, WV |publisher=West Virginia Humanities Council |pages=375–376 |isbn=0-9778498-0-5}}.</ref> It is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as the [[Jackson's Mill State 4-H Camp Historic District]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

Weston has two national [[Historic district (United States)|historic districts]]: the [[Weston Downtown Historic District]] and [[Weston Downtown Residential Historic District]]. Other buildings on the National Register of Historic Places are the [[Jonathan M. Bennett House]] and the former [[Weston Colored School]].<ref name="nris"/>

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Image:Main Avenue, Looking South, Weston, WV.jpg|Main Avenue c. 1912
Image:Weston State Hospital.jpg|[[Weston State Hospital]]
Image:Lewis County Courthouse Weston.jpg|[[Lewis County, West Virginia|Lewis County]] Courthouse
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