NOTICE OF SALE by Mineral County Schools—18.3 acres in Frankfort District
Please take notice that The Board of Education of the County of Mineral (“The Board of Education”) has determined that the below-described real estate is no longer needed for school purposes and that beginning at ten o’clock a.m. on the 16th day of February, 2026, at Mineral County Schools Board of Education Office located at 36 Baker Place, Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia, The Board of Education will proceed to sell WITHOUT WARRANTY, at public auction, and subject to all requirements, terms and conditions set forth in this Notice of Sale and in Chapter 18, Article 5, Section 7 of the Code of West Virginia of 1931, as amended, all of its right, title and interest in and to a certain tract of land containing 18.3 acres, more or less, and assessed as “18.3 AC GRIMES TR; FT ASHBY MIDDLE SCHOOL” (now known as Frankfort Intermediate School), shown as Parcel 66, Tax Map 31, Frankfort District, Mineral County, West Virginia, together with all of its right, title and interest in and to any and all improvements located thereon, and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, which tract of land is more particularly described as follows:
A certain tract of land situate in Frankfort District, Mineral County, West Virginia described as follows:
BEGINNING at a concrete monument set in the 6th original line of a survey made the 27th day of April 1910 of record in Mineral County Deed Book No. 31, p. 145, located N. 71° 55’ E. 232 feet from a hickory tree in said line; thence making a new division line by the magnetic meridian on date of December 6th, 1935, (mean. Dec. 5° 50’) N. 29° 20’ W. 751.8 feet to a concrete monument on the east side of Pattersons Creek Turn Pike and on the north side of a small drain; thence running with the east side of said pike N. 56° 00’ E. 630 feet to a concrete monument; N. 30° 07’ E. 306.3 feet to a concrete monument; thence leaving said pike S. 29° 20’ E. passing a concrete monument at 100 feet, same course continued 1034 feet, making in all 1134 feet to a concrete monument 1 foot west of a small walnut pointer in the first above mentioned original line; thence reversing said line S. 71° 55’ W. (old course N. 70° 45’ E.) 906.78 feet to the BEGINNING, containing by calculation 18.3 acres;
and being the same property conveyed to The Board of Education by deed dated August 1, 1936, from C. R. Long and Ada E. D. Long, his wife; C. H. Long, widower and T. J. Long, unmarried, and of record in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Mineral County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 54, page 492.
The aforesaid 18.3-acre tract, together with any improvements thereon, and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, are collectively referred to below as the “Subject Property.”
The Subject Property will be sold “AS IS” and “WITH ALL FAULTS” and subject to any and all validly continuing and existing rights of way, easements, reservations, exceptions, covenants, conditions, conveyances, encumbrances, liens, agreements, leases and other matters affecting title to the Subject Property.
The sale will further be made subject to all information contained in the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act Asbestos Management Plan for Frankfort Intermediate School, available to inspection at the office of The Board of Education at 36 Baker Place, Keyser, West Virginia 26726, Mineral County, West Virginia.
The sale will further be made subject to such facts as might be revealed by an accurate survey and visual inspection of the Subject Property.
Additionally, the sale will be made subject to the purchaser assuming and the deed shall provide that the purchaser assumes (a) all responsibility, obligations, and liability for hazards associated with the Subject Property (whether past, present, future, known or unknown), including but not limited to, environmental conditions or hazards and those associated with or pertaining to asbestos, lead paint, and any and all liability for clean-up, removal, or other responsibility for said hazards, and (b) any validly continuing and existing covenants or obligations of The Board of Education contained in any deeds or other instruments of record in said Clerk’s office or otherwise respecting the Subject Property.
Bidding on the Subject Property shall begin at the sum of One Million Two Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($1,290,000.00). The Board of Education reserves the right to refuse any and all bids and to adjourn the sale from time to time without any other notice other than oral proclamation at the time and place of the sale or any continuance or adjournment thereof. The sale shall be to the highest responsible bidder, but all bids are conditioned upon the acceptance thereof by The Board of Education at its first regular meeting following the auction, which acceptance by The Board of Education may be withheld for any reason or no reason whatsoever. The sale shall be made upon the following additional terms: Five percent of the sales price in cash at the time of the auction and the balance in cash due simultaneously with the tender by The Board of Education of the deed.
In advance of the auction date, inquiries concerning the Subject Property may be directed to John Droppleman, Director Support Services, at 304-788-4210 or via email, [email protected].
Pursuant to Chapter 18, Article 5, Section 7, of the Code of West Virginia.
The Board of Education of the County of Mineral, West Virginia reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities in bidding.
1-28-2c