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

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