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

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