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

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