Author and Historian Receives Honorary Degree at Davis & Elkins
Architectural historian and author John C. Allen Jr. was awarded an honorary doctor of letters degree at Davis & Elkins College’s 104th commencement ceremony on May 18. Making the presentation were chancellor and president-elect Dr. Michael Mihalyo and president G.T. ‘Buck’ Smith. Allen is the author of “Uncommon Vernacular: The Early Houses of Jefferson County, West…