1942
Branson Haas Sells Brookside Woods to the State for Cathedral State Park
Branson Haas sold the 118.5-acre tract containing Brookside Woods to the State of West Virginia for $13,000. The State Conservation Commission established Cathedral State Park, and Haas remained there as caretaker until his death in 1955. A separate 7.5-acre parcel was acquired later for park facilities.
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National Register of Historic Places, Brookside Historic District nomination, Section 8, pp. 18–19; Preston County Deed Book 215, p. 449; Deed Book 339, p. 182
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