River House Lodge, Rowlesburg, WV

Tim Weaver, one of the owners

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• Who?

  Personal note. Innkeeping must have gotten into my blood. My "Day Job," before I retired, was teaching at Boston University in the School of Education. I started and headed up a graduate program to prepare corporate trainers and HR specialists. During one summer my wife and I decided to try our hand at B&B in our own home. From that tiny start came the Market Street Inn and the Greenleaf Inn with 30 rooms and vacation apartments. In recent years I have been drawn back to Rowlesburg. My growing up years were spent in Rowlesburg. I have many, many friends dating back to the 1940s. 

  My family roots in Rowlesburg go back to the 1790s. My family were all railroaders; my grandfather was an engineer; my stepfather worked at the M&K shops; and uncles and cousins worked for the railroad. I wanted nothing more than to be an engineer. When I was old enough the railroad was laying off the firemen and had a large pool of available people ahead of new hires. I went to college instead and have spent my career in education. 

  Every summer meant coming to Rowlesburg to visit my family. As time went by it just made sense to buy a house. Now, I want to do something the town needs badly, a place for visitors to stay. We already have a start, thanks to Dr. Joe Nassif and the Main Stay. We need more. Hopefully, others will try a hand at it. What a great way to meet people and have something special to offer friends and strangers alike--a great place to stay when in Rowlesburg!

  

Business

The River House has five rooms ready and will eventually have 6 guest rooms, a dining room and a common room for guests to sit and visit. The house once had a skirted front porch, a place for one of the great pleasures of small towns--sitting and talking. We have built it back as it appeared in the outline in the paint when we removed the vinyl siding. A continental breakfast is served daily. The lodge is open from May 1st to Columbus Day.

All of the amenities are offered from private baths to wifi. Air conditioning is available in each room. Very rarely will it be needed with the cool mountain evenings and the high Victoria ceilings. Some suites will accommodate up to four guests and others more comfortably two. Queen size beds remain the goal, space permitting, in each room. To begin we have placed two antique double beds in the two-room suite.