Welcome to the Ben Boyd Book Store, located at the Belle Boyd House,  126 East Race Street, Martinsburg, WV.

Berkeley County is one of the most outstanding architectural gems of the state of West Virginia with over 3,000 buildings listed in the National Register of Historical Places. Recent surveys of buildings located in Berkeley County that are over fifty years old have been conducted. The task was to identify the most outstanding and cultural resources of the area. These surveys have been conducted at various times since 1974 with local and state federal money. Much of the information gathered in these surveys, which thousands of hours of research by volunteers and many more hours of professional research, have been published in the Architectural and Pictorial Histories on Berkeley County.

The following Architectural and Pictorial Histories are still available.

Volume II, hard cover, has over 353 pages that covers seven of the nine historical districts in Martinsburg. This volume has descriptions of the property and buildings and maps locating the buildings on the property. Photographs of the buildings and background histories also date the properties from the original owners. Only a couple are left at $35.00 each.

Volume IV is a compilation of the one room school houses and student photographs up until the 1990 era. This volume was written and edited by Dorothy Myers, deceased, a long time resident of Martinsburg and Historical Society member. The cost of Volume II is $30.00 plus $3.50 mailing and Volume IV is $25.00 and $3.50 mailing.

Volume V, soft cover, covers the Tabler Station area, Needmore section and Arden area of Berkeley County. There is information on many of the houses and pioneer families of this area and is south and southwest of Martinsburg. Many pictures are included like the picture of Tabler Station that has been gone for many years. The cost is $30.00 plus $3.00 mailing.

Volume VI, soft cover, is of the Spring Mill area that includes the Civil War hospital house of Dr. Allen Hammond that is now being restored by its present owners. Also included is the North Mountain depot area and the Falling Waters area of Berkeley County. This included the Maidstone House, the home of the famous artist William Robinson Leigh, and the early brick Shearer Mansion (1785) on the Potomac. A portion of this house was built in 1744 when Watkins operated a ferry across the Potomac River and the house was used as a tavern. Descriptions and pictures of most of the fifty year old buildings in the area are included. The cost is $30.00 plus $3.00 mailing.

Volume VII, East of Martinsburg.  Much information about this earlier settled area and its buildings.   One of the early families in the area was the VanMetre family.  The  cost is $25.00 plus $3.00 mailing.