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.

Webmaster,
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.  John Hooe Russel
243.  J. H. Miller Co.
244.  J. M.  McCoach & Co.
245.  J. S. Latta Store
246.  Keen Jewelers
247.  Kennedy Dairy
248.  Kenney Music Co.
249.  Kenova Box Co.
250.  Kerr Glass Plant
251.  Kessler's Brass Foundry
252.  King & Pettersen Tile & Marble Co.
253.  Kiser's Drug
254.  Kiwanivista Park
255.  Laidley Hall
256.  Lazarus Department Store
257.  Le Chateau
258.  Le John Manufacturing
259.  Lerner Shops
260.  Lewis-Wilson Hardware
261.  Lincoln Junior High School
262.  Little Switzerland Brewing
263.  Lock and Dam No. 28
264.  Love Furniture
265.  Mack & Dave's
266.  M.D. Angel's Building
267.  Maidenform Huntington Plant
268.  Mansour's Market
269.  Marbles Champs
270.  Marion T. Gray
271.  Marshall Beach Tree
272.  Marshall Lab School
273.  Marshall Laidley Hall
274.  Marshall Music Building
275.  Marshall Victory
276.  Marshall Women's Gym
277.  Marshall Green Village
278.  Martha White Mil
279.  Martin's Restaurant
280.  Maud Muller Candies
281.  McColm Granite Company
282.  McKesson & Robbins
283.  Mel Gillispie Orchestra
284.  Memorial  Field House
285.  Michael's Restaurant
286.  Miller Paint
287.  Miller School
288.  Milton J. Ferguson
289.  Mine Rescue Car
290.  Ming's Restaurant
291.  Minter Homes Corp.
292.  Miss USA Pageant
293.  Model Furniture Co.
294.  Monroe Elementary School
295.  Montgomery Ward
296.  Moore & Sons Hardware
297.  Mootz Bakery
298.  Mott Core Drilling
299.  Mount Hope Hospital
300.  Mountaineer Dinner Theater
301.  MU Phys Ed Building
302.  Mycroft's Bar and Grill
303.  Myers Transfer
304.  Mylar's License Service
305.  Nasser's Department Store
306.  National Mattress
307.  Naval Training Center
308.  Neighborhood Theaters
309.  Nicholson-Kendle Furniture Co.
310.  Nick's News and Card Shop
311.  Niermann's Pharmacy
312.  Nobil's Shoes
313.  Northcott - Buffington
314.  Northcott Court
315.  Northcott Hall
316.  Ohio River Railroad
317.  Ohio Valley Bus Co.
318.  Old Cabell County Jail
319.  Old Engineering Building
320.  Old Fairfield Stadium
321.  Old Guyandotte Bridge
322.  Old Huntington High School
323.  Old Main Annex
324.  Old Main Auditorium
325.  Old St. Mary's Nursing School
326.  Oley Elementary
327.  Oley Junior High
328.  Oliver's
329.  One Room School
330.  O'Neill Machine Shop
331.  Orpheum Theater
332.  Owens-Illinois Plant. 
333.  Page Pitt
334.  Permons Restaurant
335.  Perry-Norvell Shoe Co.
336.  Phillips' Train Shop
337.  Phoenix Powder Co.
338.  Pilgrim Glass
339.  Pilgrim Laundry
340.  Pleasant View Manor
341.  Polan Industries
342.  Preaching Missions
343.  Price's Bakery
344.  Pure Oil Co. Service Station
345.  Quality Bedding Co.
346.  Railway Express Agency
347.  Rainbow-Viking Glass Co.
348.  Ralsten, Ltd.
349.  Ras-Tee Potato Chips
350.  Rebels & Redcoats Tavern
351.  Red Head Gasoline
352.  Reich-Huntington Iron Works
353.  Remembering Alex Booth
354.  Remembering 'Bart' Andrews
355.  Remembering Bill Shriner
356.  Remembering Bill Spurlock
357.  Remembering Bill Stewart
358.  Remembering Bob Bowen
359.  Remembering Charles H. Moffat
360.  Remembering 'Chuck' Ripper
361.  Remembering Clyde Roberts
362.  Remembering Dagmar
363.  Remembering Dean Sturm
364.  Remembering 'DJ'
365.  Remembering 'Duke' Ridgley
366.  Remembering 'Dutch' Miller
367.  Remembering Estelle "Bill" Belanger
368.  Remembering George S. Wallace
369.  Remembering 'Gunner' Gataki
370.  Remembering Hawakaw Hawkins
371.  Remembering Henry Hatfield
372.  Remembering Herbert Henderson
373.  Remembering H. O. Via
374.  Remembering Irvin Dugan
375.  Remembering Jane Shepherd
376.  Remembering Jesse Stuart
377.  Remembering Joan Edwards
378.  Remembering Joan Hyldoft
379.  Remembering Justice Chambers
380.  Remembering Lee Maynard
381.  Remenberibg  Marvin Stone
382.  Remembering Pete Stenger
383.  Remembering Ralph Shannon
384.  Remembering Revella Hughes
385.  Remembering Shawkey Saba
386.  Remembering Roy Straight
387.  Remembering Zip Brubeck
388.  Remembering Z. T. Vinson
389.  Richard's Shell Service
390.  Riter Furniture Co.
391.  Riverside Club
392.  Robby's
393.  Robert Hall Clothes
394.  Robinson's Lakeside Inn  
395.  Robson-Prichard Building
396.  Rooftop Christmsn Tree
397.  Ross Concrete
398.  Roxy Theater
399.  Roy Rogers at Field House 
400.  S & H Green Stamps
401.  Sadie Hawkins Day
402.  Saturday Night Jamboree
403.  Saver-X Pharmacy
404.  Schiff's Shoes
405.  Sears, Roebuck & Co.
406.  Second City Hall
407.  Security Bank
408.  Sehon - Stevenson
409.  Service Warehouse
410.  Seventh Avenue Methodist
411.  Shank's Tire Service
412.  Shawkey Student Union
413.  Sheriff Don Chafin
414.  Shoney's
415.  Simms Elementary School
416.  Sinclair Glass Company
417.  Sixth Avenue YMCA
418.  Smith's Transfer Corp.
419.  Smoot Advertising Company
420.  Snaks Fifth Avenue
421.  Soft Drink Bottlers
422.  Southern States
423.  SP Brown Company
424.  Spot Lanes
425.  St. Cloud Fire Station
426.  Stanard Dry Goods
427.  Standard Printing & Publishing C.
428.  Standard Ultramarine & Color Co.
429.  Star Furniture Co.
430.  State Liquor Stores
431.  Stella Fuller Settlement
432.  Stevens Church Supply
433.  Stevens Drug Store
434.  Stone Lodge Motel
435.  Straw Hat Day
436.  Stroehmann's Bakery
437.  Tanner's Pharmacy
438.  Tas-Tee Potato Chips
439.  Texaco Stations
440.  Thabits Restaurany
441.  That Darn Stairway
442.  The 3rd. Avenue A&P
443.  The 1913 Flood
444.  The Abbott Theater
445.  The Adel Plant
446.  The Adelphia Hotel
447.  The Advertiser
448.  The Band Festival
449.  The Bazaar
450.  The Beale House
451.  The Beverly Theater
452.  The Biggs Armory
453.  The Biltmore Hotel
454.  The Bischoff Drug Store
455.  The Boldt Bottle Factory
456.  The Brinkley Bridge
457.  The Broh Building
458.  The Buffington Mill
459.  The Bung Factory
460.  The C&O Goes Diesel
461.  The C&O Hospital
462.  The C&O FFV
463.  The Camden Queen
464.  The Candy Makers
465.  The Card Shop
466.  The Christmas Bus
467.  The Circus Boy
468.  The City's First Bank
469.  The City's First Bridge
470.  The City's First School
471.  The City of Huntington Ferryboat
472.  The City's Only Hanging
473.  The Day and Night Bank
474.  The Dress Factor
475.  The Elephant Walk
476.  The Emmons Apartments
477.  The Enslow Mansion
478.  The Esso Huntington
479.  The Fashion
480.  The Fesenmeier Brewery
481.  The First Band Festival
482.  The First C&O Depot
483.  The First Fat Boy
484.  The First National Bank
485.  The Five and Dime
486.  The Florentine Hotel
487.  The Freedom Train
488.  The French Tavern
489.  The Friendship Train
490.  The Gateway Hotel
491.  The George Washington
492.  The GM Train of Tomorrow
493.  The Guyandotte Club
494.  The Holderby Mansion
495.  The Holswade Home
496.  The Hotel Farr
497.  The Hotel Huntington
498.  The Huntington China Co.
499.  The Huntington Cubs
500.  The Huntington Hornets
501.  The Jeff Newberry Co.
502.  The Jones Hotel
503.  The Lake at Ritter Park
504.  The Lucy Prichard Home
505.  The Mayfloeer
506.  The Margaret Theater
507.  The M.D. Angel's Building
508.  The Milner Hotel
509.  The Missing Statue
510.  The Old Brickyard
511.  The Old City Market
512.  The Old Library
513.  The Old Post Office
514.  The Olympic Pool
515.  The Oney House
516.  The Packet 'Guyandotte'
517.  The Palace Theater
518.  The Parkettes
519.  The Patterson House
520.  The Peanut Shoppe
521.  The Pied Piper
522.  The Plantation
523.  The Princess Shop
524.  The Prindle-McCrory Building
525.  The Race Track
526.  The Renaissance
527.  The Sixth Street Bridge
528.  The Smart Shop
529.  The Sportsman
530.  The State Hospital
531.  The State Theater
532.  The Steamboat Omar
533.  The Style Shop
534.  The Superblock
535.  The Sylvania Plant
536.  The Tipton Theater
537.  The Tobacco Warehouse
538.  The Union Bank
539.  The Up Towner Inn
540.  The Waco Theater
541.  The Walton Building
542.  The Wilkinson Mansion
543.  Thompson Manufacturing
544.  Thornburg's Market
545.  Timber Rafts
546.  Tis The Season
547.  Tinsley's Creamery
548.  Torlone's Community Bakery
549.  Towboat J.C. Rawn
550.  Tradewell Supermarkets
551.  Trailways Terminal
552.  Truman Visits in 1948
553.  Twentieth Street Bank
554.  Union Concrete Pipe
555.  Union Mission
556.  United Fuel Gas Co.
557.  US 60 Tourist Center
558.  Van Zandt Supply
559.  Vanity Fair Building
560.  Vinson High School
561.  Waiting For The Train
562.  Ward's Do-Nut
563.  Washington Elementary
564.  Watts, Ritter & Co.
565.  Wendell Willkie Speaks
566.  Wender's Apparel
567.  West Junior High School
568.  West Virginia Belle
569.  West Virginia Rail Co.
570.  Western Auto Store
571.  Western Union
572.  Westinghouse Electrc
573.  Westmoreland Country Club
574.  Whiz Discount Stores
575.  WHTN/WOWK TV
576.  Wild's Drug Store
577.  Willis Furniture
578.  Woman's Club of Huntington
579.  WSAZ Bands Record
580.  WSAZ Radio
581.  WSAZ-Tv's First Building
582.  W. T. Grant Co.
583.  WWII Scrap Drives
584.  Zenner - Bradshaw Co.
585.  Ziegler & Behrend

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