Lost History of Huntington

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Cabell County has a rich history since its founding. The city of Huntington is its biggest jewel. Some of us have seen many businesses flourish over the many years. First  rising and then declining as time marches on.  With the help of the local newspaper and  James E Casto’s publications in that paper, Cabell County Doors to the Past  will endeavor to share a few with you. Many genealogists have had family that may have worked at one of these businesses. “Old Timers” will recall several of them. Rumor is that Mr. Casto may in the future publish a more complete volume of articles on this subject.  The genealogical community applauds your efforts.

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Cabell County Doors to the Past

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Make your selection on the Left side.

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1.    9th. Street Walgreens
2.    16th Street Wiggins
3.    20th. Street Baptist Church
4.    29 Street Sears
5.    317 9th St. Building
6.    624 9th St.
7     740  6th Ave.
8.    914 5th Avenue
9.    1018 5th. Ave.
10.    1055 3rd. Ave,
11.  A Building With Three Names
12.  Adams Express Co.
13.  ACF Center Flow Cars
14.  A Hotel With Three Names
15.  A&P Stores
16.  Air-Ola Radio Co.
17.  Albert E. Cox House
18.  Alfred Tobert Proctor
19.  Allegheny Airlines
20.  Allegheny Fire Equipment
21.  American Bank
22.  American Container
23.  American Thermos Co.
24.  Amsbary's
25.  Anderson-Newcomb Co.
26.  Appalachian Craftsmen
27.  Appalachian Life Insurance
28.  Arcade Lanes
29.  Area Enters Air Age
30.  Arena Gardens
31.  Armour & Co.
32.  Armstrong Products
33.  Arthur Treacher's
34.  Ashland Oil Stations
35.  Automobile Row
36.  B & B Food Market
37.  Bailey's Cafeteria
38.  Banks-Miller Supply Co.
39.  Barboursville Brickyard
40.  Barboursville Courthouse
41.  Barboursville Junior High
42.  Barlow-Henderson
43.  Barnett Child Care
44.  Barnett Hospital
45.  Barrack's
46.  Barta Studios
47.  Becker Music Store
48.  Belle's
49.  Beverly Hills Junior High School
50.  Big Bear Supermarkets
51.  Blue & Gray Lines
52.  Blue Jay Manufacturing
53.  Blue Sulphur Hotel
54.  B'nal Israel Synagogue
55.  Boggess Drugs
56.  Boothe Business School
57.  Borden's Better Foods
58.  Borden's Dairy
59.  Boron Service Stations
60.  Bradshaw-Diehl
61.  Branchland Pipe and Supply
62.  BrewBakers
63.  Brown's Apparel
64.  Bryant's Showboat
65.  Buckeye Building
66.  Buckeye S&L
67.  Buffington Elementary
68.  Burger Chef
69.  Butler Furniture
70.  C-K High School
71.  C.M. Love & Co. Hardware
72.  C & O Coaling Station
73.  C & O Engine 490
74.  C & O Rounfhouse
75.  C & P Telephone
76.  Cabell County Jail
77.  Cabell Elementary School
78.  Cabell Library Bookmobiles
79.  Calamity Cafe
80.  Caldwell Building
81.  Caldwell Memorial
82.  Camden Interstate Railway
83.  Camden Park Mound
84.  Camden Park Roller Rink
85.  Camp Fire Girls
86.  Canda Cattle Car CO.
87.  Canda Fire Station
88.  Capitol Furniture Building
89.  Carolina Lumber
90.  Catfish Gray
91.  Catholic Orphans' Home
92.  Cavendish-Cyrus Hardware
93.  Central City Ferry
94.  Central Fire Station
95.  Central Glass Company
96.  Central Veneering Co. 
97.  Ceredo Drive-In Theater
98.  Ceredo Grade School
99.  Charles H. Hagan & Co.
100.  Chi-Chi's Restaurant
101.  Children's Hospital
102.  Chili Willi'
103.  Christian Science Church
104.  Christmas 1939
105.  Christmas in the 1970s
106.  Christmas at Anderson-Newcomb Co.
107.  CILCO Inc.
108.  Circuit City
109.  City Ice Delivery Co.
110.  Club Foods
111.  Club Pompeii
112.  Colonial Motors
113.  Colored Children's Home
114.  Comair Inc.
115.  Consolidated Bus Lines
116.  Corbin Ltd. Store
117.  Count Basie
118.  Cruise Avenue
119.  CWA Projects
120.  Dandridge Hill
121.  Davidson's Record Shop
122.  Davis Opera House
123.  D. E. Abbott & Co.
124.  Deardorff-Sisler Co.
125.  Dickerson Lumber
126.  Dickinson Furniture
127.  Dolen's Drive-In
128.  Dollar Day Sale
129.  Downtown Penney's
130.  Dr. Pepper Bottling Co.
131.  Duncan Box & Lumber Co.
132.  Duncan Yo-Yos
133.  Dunhill's
134.  Dwight's Drive-In
135.  Early Movie Houses
136.  East Drive-in Theater
137.  East Hills Mall
138.  Eastern Air Lines
139.  Egg Thrower Targets Wendell Willkie
140.  Film Star Raised $3 Million Here
141.  Ely Ensign's House
142.  Emmons-Hawkins Hardware
143.  Ensign Electric
144.  Ensign Elementary School
145.  Ensign Manufacturing
146.  Enslow Middle School
147.  Enterprise Wheel & Car
148.  Evans Supermarkets
149.  Fairfield Station
150.  Falls City
151.  Farmer Bill
152.  Fetter Furniture
153.  Fetty Elementary
154.  Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
155.  Fifth Avenue Wiggins
156.  Fire Alarm Station
157.  First Baptist Church
158.  First City S&L
159.  First Douglass School
160.  First Electric Street Lights
161.  First Guyandotte Bridge
162.  JW Industries
163.  Flatt and Scruggs
164.  Fleeger-Withrow Inc.
165.  Foard-Harwood Shoes
166.  Fountain Drug Store
167.  Fort Gay High School
168.  Foster Memorial Home
169.  Foster-Thornburg Hardware
170.  Fourth of July, 1946
171.  Frank's Sandwich Shop
172.  Frank's Shoe Store
173.  Frederick Hotel
174.  Frederick Pharmacy
175.  Fret'n' Fiffle
176.  Fricke Pie Co.
177.  Frostie Root Beer
178.  Fulton Tool Works
179.  Gallaher School
180.  Gay Capers'
181.  General Cigar Co.
182.  Geneva Kent School
183.  George F Miller House
184.  Georgetown Galleries
185.  Gibson Glass Co.
186.  Gissel Packing Co.
187.  Glaser Furniture
188.  Glenwood Hotel
189.  GM Parade of Progress
190.  Gold's Esso/Exxon
191.  Gold Furniture Company
192.  Gravely Tractors
193.  Greene Line Terminal
194.  Guaranty Bank
195.  Guthrie-Steenburgen Hospital
196.  Guyan Creameryl
197.  Guyan's Second Clubhouse
198.  Gwinn Brothers Mill
199.  Hadacol Caravan
200.  Hamburger Inn
201.  Harshbarger Milling Co.
202.  Harts Family Center
203.  Hartzell Handle Company
204.  Harvey, Hagen & Co.
205.  Heck's Department St.
206.  Hez Ward Buick
207.  Highlawn Pharmacy
208.  Highway Post Office
209.  Hills Department Store
210.  Hodges Hall
211.  Holderby School
212.  Honaker Inc.
213.  Hotel Prichard
214.  Houdaille Industries
215.  Humphreys' Southside Pharmacy
216.  Huntington Arcade
217.  Huntington Awning & Patio Shop
218.  Huntington Barber College
219.  Huntington Blue Scox
220.  Huntington Chair
221.  Huntington Coca-Cola Co.
222.  Huntington Dry Goods
223.  Huntington East High School
224.  Huntington First Airport
225.  Huntington Hospital
226.  Huntington Maidenform Plant
227.  Huntington Memorial Hospital
228.  Huntington Orthopedic Hospital
229.  Huntington Towboat
230.  Huntington Trust Bank
231.  Huntington Tumbler Company
232.  Huntington YWCA
233.  Imperial Ice Cream Co.
234.  Imperial Lanes
235.  Island Creek Coal
236.  Island Creek Coal Tipple
237.  Jack Dial Sporting Goods
238.  James J. Weiler & Sons
239.  Jefferson Elementary School
240.  Jim Brackman Lunches
241.  Jim Thacker
242.  J. H. Miller Co.
243.  J. M.  McCoach & Co.
244.  J. S. Latta Store
245.  Keen Jewelers
246.  Kennedy Dairy
247.  Kenney Music Co.
248.  Kenova Box Co.
249.  Kerr Glass Plant
250.  Kessler's Brass Foundry
251.  King & Pettersen Tile & Marble Co.
252.  Kiser's Drug
253.  Kiwanivista Park
254.  Laidley Hall
255.  Lazarus Department Store
256.  Le Chateau
257.  Le John Manufacturing
258.  Lerner Shops
259.  Lewis-Wilson Hardware
260.  Lincoln Junior High School
261.  Little Switzerland Brewing
262.  Lock and Dam No. 28
263.  Love Furniture
264.  Mack & Dave's
265.  M.D. Angel's Building
266.  Maidenform Huntington Plant
267.  Mansour's Market
268.  Marbles Champs
269.  Marion T. Gray
270.  Marshall Beach Tree
271.  Marshall Lab School
272.  Marshall Laidley Hall
273.  Marshall Music Building
274.  Marshall Victory
275.  Marshall Women's Gym
276.  Marshall Green Village
277.  Martha White Mil
278.  Martin's Restaurant
279.  Maud Muller Candies
280.  McColm Granite Company
281.  McKesson & Robbins
282.  Mel Gillispie Orchestra
283.  Memorial  Field House
284.  Michael's Restaurant
285.  Miller Paint
286.  Miller School
287.  Milton J. Ferguson
288.  Mine Rescue Car
289.  Ming's Restaurant
290.  Minter Homes Corp.
291.  Miss USA Pageant
292.  Model Furniture Co.
293.  Monroe Elementary School
294.  Montgomery Ward
295.  Moore & Sons Hardware
296.  Mootz Bakery
297.  Mott Core Drilling
298.  Mount Hope Hospital
299.  Mountaineer Dinner Theater
300.  MU Phys Ed Building
301.  Mycroft's Bar and Grill
302.  Myers Transfer
303.  Mylar's License Service
304.  Nasser's Department Store
305.  National Mattress
306.  Naval Training Center
307.  Neighborhood Theaters
308.  Nicholson-Kendle Furniture Co.
309.  Nick's News and Card Shop
310.  Niermann's Pharmacy
311.  Nobil's Shoes
312.  Northcott - Buffington
313.  Northcott Court
314.  Northcott Hall
315.  Ohio River Railroad
316.  Ohio Valley Bus Co.
317.  Old Cabell County Jail
318.  Old Engineering Building
319.  Old Fairfield Stadium
320.  Old Guyandotte Bridge
321.  Old Huntington High School
322.  Old Main Annex
323.  Old Main Auditorium
324.  Old St. Mary's Nursing School
325.  Oley Elementary
326.  Oley Junior High
327.  Oliver's
328.  One Room School
329.  O'Neill Machine Shop
330.  Orpheum Theater
331.  Owens-Illinois Plant. 
332.  Page Pitt
333.  Permons Restaurant
334.  Perry-Norvell Shoe Co.
335.  Phillips' Train Shop
336.  Phoenix Powder Co.
337.  Pilgrim Glass
338.  Pilgrim Laundry
339.  Pleasant View Manor
340.  Polan Industries
341.  Preaching Missions
342.  Price's Bakery
343.  Pure Oil Co. Service Station
344.  Quality Bedding Co.
345.  Railway Express Agency
346.  Rainbow-Viking Glass Co.
347.  Ralsten, Ltd.
348.  Ras-Tee Potato Chips
349.  Rebels & Redcoats Tavern
350.  Red Head Gasoline
351.  Reich-Huntington Iron Works
352.  Remembering Alex Booth
353.  Remembering 'Bart' Andrews
354.  Remembering Bill Shriner
355.  Remembering Bill Spurlock
356.  Remembering Bill Stewart
357.  Remembering Bob Bowen
358.  Remembering Charles H. Moffat
359.  Remembering 'Chuck' Ripper
360.  Remembering Clyde Roberts
361.  Remembering Dagmar
362.  Remembering Dean Sturm
363.  Remembering 'DJ'
364.  Remembering 'Duke' Ridgley
365.  Remembering 'Dutch' Miller
366.  Remembering Estelle "Bill" Belanger
367.  Remembering George S. Wallace
368.  Remembering 'Gunner' Gataki
369.  Remembering Hawakaw Hawkins
370.  Remembering Henry Hatfield
371.  Remembering Herbert Henderson
372.  Remembering H. O. Via
373.  Remembering Irvin Dugan
374.  Remembering Jane Shepherd
375.  Remembering Jesse Stuart
376.  Remembering Joan Edwards
377.  Remembering Joan Hyldoft
378.  Remembering Justice Chambers
379.  Remembering Lee Maynard
380.  Remenberibg  Marvin Stone
381.  Remembering Pete Stenger
382.  Remembering Ralph Shannon
383.  Remembering Revella Hughes
384.  Remembering Shawkey Saba
385.  Remembering Roy Straight
386.  Remembering Zip Brubeck
387.  Remembering Z. T. Vinson
388.  Richard's Shell Service
389.  Riter Furniture Co.
390.  Riverside Club
391.  Robby's
392.  Robert Hall Clothes
393.  Robinson's Lakeside Inn  
394.  Robson-Prichard Building
395.  Rooftop Christmsn Tree
396.  Ross Concrete
397.  Roxy Theater
398.  Roy Rogers at Field House 
399.  S & H Green Stamps
400.  Sadie Hawkins Day
401.  Saturday Night Jamboree
402.  Saver-X Pharmacy
403.  Schiff's Shoes
404.  Sears, Roebuck & Co.
405.  Second City Hall
406.  Security Bank
407.  Sehon - Stevenson
408.  Service Warehouse
409.  Seventh Avenue Methodist
410.  Shank's Tire Service
411.  Shawkey Student Union
412.  Sheriff Don Chafin
413.  Shoney's
414.  Simms Elementary School
415.  Sinclair Glass Company
416.  Sixth Avenue YMCA
417.  Smith's Transfer Corp.
418.  Smoot Advertising Company
419.  Snaks Fifth Avenue
420.  Soft Drink Bottlers
421.  Southern States
422.  SP Brown Company
423.  Spot Lanes
424.  St. Cloud Fire Station
425.  Stanard Dry Goods
426.  Standard Printing & Publishing C.
427.  Standard Ultramarine & Color Co.
428.  Star Furniture Co.
429.  State Liquor Stores
430.  Stella Fuller Settlement
431.  Stevens Church Supply
432.  Stevens Drug Store
433.  Stone Lodge Motel
434.  Straw Hat Day
435.  Stroehmann's Bakery
436.  Tanner's Pharmacy
437.  Tas-Tee Potato Chips
438.  Texaco Stations
439.  Thabits Restaurany
440.  That Darn Stairway
441.  The 3rd. Avenue A&P
442.  The 1913 Flood
443.  The Abbott Theater
444.  The Adel Plant
445.  The Adelphia Hotel
446.  The Advertiser
447.  The Band Festival
448.  The Bazaar
449.  The Beale House
450.  The Beverly Theater
451.  The Biggs Armory
452.  The Biltmore Hotel
453.  The Bischoff Drug Store
454.  The Boldt Bottle Factory
455.  The Brinkley Bridge
456.  The Broh Building
457.  The Buffington Mill
458.  The Bung Factory
459.  The C&O Goes Diesel
460.  The C&O Hospital
461.  The C&O FFV
462.  The Camden Queen
463.  The Candy Makers
464.  The Card Shop
465.  The Christmas Bus
466.  The Circus Boy
467.  The City's First Bank
468.  The City's First Bridge
469.  The City's First School
470.  The City of Huntington Ferryboat
471.  The City's Only Hanging
472.  The Day and Night Bank
473.  The Dress Factor
474.  The Elephant Walk
475.  The Emmons Apartments
476.  The Enslow Mansion
477.  The Esso Huntington
478.  The Fashion
479.  The Fesenmeier Brewery
480.  The First Band Festival
481.  The First C&O Depot
482.  The First Fat Boy
483.  The First National Bank
484.  The Five and Dime
485.  The Florentine Hotel
486.  The Freedom Train
487.  The French Tavern
488.  The Friendship Train
489.  The Gateway Hotel
490.  The George Washington
491.  The GM Train of Tomorrow
492.  The Guyandotte Club
493.  The Holderby Mansion
494.  The Holswade Home
495.  The Hotel Farr
496.  The Hotel Huntington
497.  The Huntington China Co.
498.  The Huntington Cubs
499.  The Huntington Hornets
500.  The Jeff Newberry Co.
501.  The Jones Hotel
502.  The Lake at Ritter Park
503.  The Lucy Prichard Home
504.  The Mayfloeer
505.  The Margaret Theater
506.  The M.D. Angel's Building
507.  The Milner Hotel
508.  The Missing Statue
509.  The Old Brickyard
510.  The Old City Market
511.  The Old Library
512.  The Old Post Office
513.  The Olympic Pool
514.  The Oney House
515.  The Packet 'Guyandotte'
516.  The Palace Theater
517.  The Parkettes
518.  The Patterson House
519.  The Peanut Shoppe
520.  The Pied Piper
521.  The Plantation
522.  The Princess Shop
523.  The Prindle-McCrory Building
524.  The Race Track
525.  The Renaissance
526.  The Sixth Street Bridge
527.  The Smart Shop
528.  The Sportsman
529.  The State Hospital
530.  The State Theater
531.  The Steamboat Omar
532.  The Style Shop
533.  The Superblock
534.  The Sylvania Plant
535.  The Tipton Theater
536.  The Tobacco Warehouse
537.  The Union Bank
538.  The Up Towner Inn
539.  The Waco Theater
540.  The Walton Building
541.  The Wilkinson Mansion
542.  Thompson Manufacturing
543.  Thornburg's Market
544.  Timber Rafts
545.  Tis The Season
546.  Tinsley's Creamery
547.  Torlone's Community Bakery
548.  Towboat J.C. Rawn
549.  Tradewell Supermarkets
550.  Trailways Terminal
551.  Truman Visits in 1948
552.  Twentieth Street Bank
553.  Union Concrete Pipe
554.  Union Mission
555.  United Fuel Gas Co.
556.  US 60 Tourist Center
557.  Van Zandt Supply
558.  Vanity Fair Building
559.  Vinson High School
560.  Waiting For The Train
561.  Ward's Do-Nut
562.  Washington Elementary
563.  Watts, Ritter & Co.
564.  Wendell Willkie Speaks
565.  Wender's Apparel
566.  West Junior High School
567.  West Virginia Belle
568.  West Virginia Rail Co.
569.  Western Auto Store
570.  Western Union
571.  Westinghouse Electrc
572.  Westmoreland Country Club
573.  Whiz Discount Stores
574.  WHTN/WOWK TV
575.  Wild's Drug Store
576.  Willis Furniture
577.  Woman's Club of Huntington
578.  WSAZ Bands Record
579.  WSAZ Radio
580.  WSAZ-Tv's First Building
581.  W. T. Grant Co.
582.  WWII Scrap Drives
583.  Zenner - Bradshaw Co.
584.  Ziegler & Behrend

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