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.    1018 5th. Ave.
7.    1055 3rd. Ave,
8.    A Building With Three Names
9.    ACF Center Flow Cars
10.  A Hotel With Three Names
11.  A&P Stores
12.  Air-Ola Radio Co.
13.  Albert E. Cox House
14.  Allegheny Airlines
15.  Allegheny Fire Equipment
16.  American Bank
17.  American Container
18.  American Thermos Co.
19.  Amsbary's
20.  Anderson-Newcomb Co.
21.  Appalachian Craftsmen
22.  Appalachian Life Insurance
23.  Arcade Lanes
24.  Arena Gardens
25.  Armstrong Products
26.  Arthur Treacher's
27.  Ashland Oil Stations
28.  Automobile Row
29.  B & B Food Market
30.  Bailey's Cafeteria
31.  Banks-Miller Supply Co.
32.  Barboursville Brickyard
33.  Barboursville Junior High
34.  Barnett Child Care
35.  Barnett Hospital
36.  Barrack's
37.  Barta Studios
38.  Becker Music Store
39.  Belle's
40.  Beverly Hills Junior High School
41.  Big Bear Supermarkets
42.  Blue & Gray Lines
43.  Blue Jay Manufacturing
44.  Blue Sulphur Hotel
45.  B'nal Israel Synagogue
46.  Boggess Drugs
47.  Boothe Business School
48.  Borden's Better Foods
49.  Borden's Dairy
50.  Boron Service Stations
51.  Bradshaw-Diehl
52.  Branchland Pipe and Supply
53.  BrewBakers
54.  Brown's Apparel
55.  Bryant's Showboat
56.  Buckeye Building
57.  Buckeye S&L
58.  Buffington Elementary
59.  Burger Chef
60.  Butler Furniture
61.  C-K High School
62.  C.M. Love & Co. Hardware
63.  C & O Engine 490
64.  C & O Rounfhouse
65.  C & P Telephone
66.  Cabell County Jail
67.  Cabell Elementary School
68.  Cabell Library Bookmobiles
69.  Calamity Cafe
70.  Caldwell Building
71.  Caldwell Memorial
72.  Camden Interstate Railway
73.  Camden Park Mound
74.  Camden Park Roller Rink
75.  Camp Fire Girls
76.  Canda Cattle Car CO.
77.  Canda Fire Station
78.  Capitol Furniture Building
79.  Carolina Lumber
80.  Catfish Gray
81.  Catholic Orphans' Home
82.  Cavendish-Cyrus Hardware
83.  Central City Ferry
84.  Central Fire Station
85.  Central Glass Company
86.  Central Veneering Co. 
87.  Ceredo Drive-In Theater
88.  Charles H. Hagan & Co.
89.  Chi-Chi's Restaurant
90.  Children's Hospital
91.  Chili Willi'
92.  Christian Science Church
93.  Christmas 1939
94.  Christmas at Anderson-Newcomb Co.
95.  CILCO Inc.
96.  Circuit City
97.  City Ice Delivery Co.
98.  Club Foods
99.  Club Pompeii
100.  Colonial Motors
101.  Colored Children's Home
102.  Comair Inc.
103.  Consolidated Bus Lines
104.  Corbin Ltd. Store
105.  Cruise Avenue
106.  CWA Projects
107.  Davidson's Record Shop
108.  Davis Opera House
109.  D. E. Abbott & Co.
110.  Deardorff-Sisler Co.
111.  Dickerson Lumber
112.  Dickinson Furniture
113.  Dolen's Drive-In
114.  Dollar Day Sale
115.  Downtown Penney's
116.  Dr. Pepper Bottling Co.
117.  Duncan Box & Lumber Co.
118.  Duncan Yo-Yos
119.  Dunhill's
120.  Dwight's Drive-In
121.  Early Movie Houses
122.  East Drive-in Theater
123.  East Hills Mall
124.  Eastern Air Lines
125.  Ely Ensign's House
126.  Emmons-Hawkins Hardware
127.  Ensign Electric
128.  Ensign Elementary School
129.  Ensign Manufacturing
130.  Enslow Middle School
131.  Enterprise Wheel & Car
132.  Evans Supermarkets
133.  Fairfield Station
134.  Falls City
135.  Farmer Bill
136.  Fetter Furniture
137.  Fetty Elementary
138.  Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
139.  Fifth Avenue Wiggins
140.  Fire Alarm Station
141.  First Baptist Church
142.  First City S&L
143.  First Douglass School
144.  First Electric Street Lights
145.  First Guyandotte Bridge
146.  JW Industries
147.  Flatt and Scruggs
148.  Fleeger-Withrow Inc.
149.  Foard-Harwood Shoes
150.  Fountain Drug Store
151.  Foster Memorial Home
152.  Foster-Thornburg Hardware
153.  Fourth of July, 1946
154.  Frank's Sandwich Shop
155.  Frank's Shoe Store
156.  Frederick Hotel
157.  Frederick Pharmacy
158.  Fret'n' Fiffle
159.  Fricke Pie Co.
160.  Frostie Root Beer
161.  Fulton Tool Works
162.  Gallaher School
163.  Gay Capers'
164.  General Cigar Co.
165.  Geneva Kent School
166.  George F Miller House
167.  Georgetown Galleries
168.  Gissel Packing Co.
169.  Glaser Furniture
170.  GM Parade of Progress
171.  Gold's Esso/Exxon
172.  Gold Furniture Company
173.  Gravely Tractors
174.  Greene Line Terminal
175.  Guaranty Bank
176.  Guthrie-Steenburgen Hospital
177.  Guyan Creameryl
178.  Guyan's Second Clubhouse
179.  Gwinn Brothers Mill
180.  Hadacol Caravan
181.  Hamburger Inn
182.  Harshbarger Milling Co.
183.  Harts Family Center
184.  Hartzell Handle Company
185.  Harvey, Hagen & Co.
186.  Heck's Department St.
187.  Hez Ward Buick
188.  Highlawn Pharmacy
189.  Highway Post Office
190.  Hills Department Store
191.  Hodges Hall
192.  Holderby School
193.  Honaker Inc.
194.  Hotel Prichard
195.  Houdaille Industries
196.  Humphreys' Southside Pharmacy
197.  Huntington Arcade
198.  Huntington Awning & Patio Shop
199.  Huntington Barber College
200.  Huntington Blue Scox
201.  Huntington Chair
202.  Huntington Coca-Cola Co.
213.  Huntington Dry Goods
204.  Huntington East High School
205.  Huntington First Airport
206.  Huntington Hospital
207.  Huntington Maidenform Plant
208.  Huntington Memorial Hospital
209.  Huntington Orthopedic Hospital
210.  Huntington Towboat
211.  Huntington Trust Bank
212.  Huntington Tumbler Company
213.  Huntington YWCA
214.  Imperial Ice Cream Co.
215.  Imperial Lanes
216.  Island Creek Coal
217.  Island Creek Coal Tipple
218.  Jack Dial Sporting Goods
219.  James J. Weiler & Sons
220.  Jefferson Elementary School
221.  Jim Brackman Lunches
222.  Jim Thacker
223.  J. H. Miller Co.
224.  J. M.  McCoach & Co.
225.  J. S. Latta Store
226.  Keen Jewelers
227.  Kennedy Dairy
228.  Kenney Music Co.
229.  Kerr Glass Plant
230.  Kessler's Brass Foundry
231.  King & Pettersen Tile & Marble Co.
232.  K9iser's Drug
233.  Kiwanivista Park
234.  Lazarus Department Store
235.  Le Chateau
236.  Le John Manufacturing
237.  Lerner Shops
238.  Lewis-Wilson Hardware
239.  Lincoln Junior High School
240.  Little Switzerland Brewing
241.  Lock and Dam No. 28
242.  Love Furniture
243.  Mack & Dave's
244.  M.D. Angel's Building
245.  Maidenform Huntington Plant
246.  Mansour's Market
247.  Marbles Champs
248.  Marion T. Gray
249.  Marshall Beach Tree
250.  Marshall Lab School
251.  Marshall Laidley Hall
252.  Marshall Music Building
253.  Marshall Victory
254.  Marshall Women's Gym
255.  Marshall Green Village
256.  Martha White Mil
257.  Martin's Restaurant
258.  Maud Muller Candies
259.  McColm Granite Company
260.  McKesson & Robbins
261.  Mel Gillispie Orchestra
262.  Memorial  Field House
263.  Michael's Restaurant
264.  Miller Paint
265.  Miller School
266.  Milton J. Ferguson        
267.  Ming's Restaurant
268.  Minter Homes Corp.
269.  Miss USA Pageant
270.  Model Furniture Co.
271.  Monroe Elementary School
272.  Montgomery Ward
273.  Moore & Sons Hardware
274.  Mootz Bakery
275.  Mott Core Drilling
276.  Mount Hope Hospital
277.  Mountaineer Dinner Theater
278.  MU Phys Ed Building
279.  Mycroft's Bar and Grill
280.  Myers Transfer
281.  Mylar's License Service
282.  Nasser's Department Store
283.  National Mattress
284.  Naval Training Center
285.  Neighborhood heaters
286.  Nicholson-Kendle Furniture Co.
287.  Nick's News and Card Shop
288.  Niermann's Pharmacy
289.  Northcott Hall
290.  Ohio River Railroad
291.  Ohio Valley Bus Co.
292.  Old Cabell County Jail
293.  Old Engineering Building
294.  Old Fairfield Stadium
295.  Old Guyandotte Bridge
296.  Old Huntington High School
297.  Old Main Annex
298.  Old Main Auditorium
299.  Old St. Mary's Nursing School
300.  Oley Elementary
301.  Oley Junior High
302.  Oliver's
303.  One Room School
304.  O'Neill Machine Shop
305.  Orpheum Theater
306.  Owens-Illinois Plant. 
307.  Page Pitt
308.  Permons Restaurant
309.  Phillips' Train Shop
310.  Phoenix Powder Co.
311.  Pilgrim Glass
312.  Pilgrim Laundry
313.  Pleasant View Manor
314.  Polan Industries
315.  Preaching Missions
316.  Price's Bakery
317.  Pure Oil Co. Service Station
318.  Quality Bedding Co.
319.  Railway Express Agency
320.  Rainbow-Viking Glass Co.
321.  Ralsten, Ltd.
322.  Ras-Tee Potato Chips
323.  Rebels & Redcoats Tavern
324.  Reich-Huntington Iron Works
325.  Remembering Alex Booth
326.  Remembering 'Bart' Andrews
327.  Remembering Bill Shriner
328.  Remembering Bill Stewart
329.  Remembering Charles H. Moffat
330.  Remembering 'Chuck' Ripper
331.  Remembering Dagmar
332.  Remembering Dean Sturm
333.  Remembering 'DJ'
334.  Remembering 'Duke' Ridgley
335.  Remembering Estelle "Bill" Belanger
336.  Remembering George S. Wallace
337.  Remembering 'Gunner' Gataki
338.  Remembering Hawakaw Hawkins
339.  Remembering Henry Hatfield
340.  Remembering Irvin Dugan
341.  Remembering Jane Shepherd
342.  Remembering Jesse Stuart
343.  Remembering Joan Edwards
344.  Remembering Joan Hyldoft
345.  Remembering Revella Hughes
346.  Remembering Shawkey Saba
347.  Remembering Zip Brubeck
348.  Remembering Z. T. Vinson
349.  Richard's Shell Service
350.  Riter Furniture Co.
351.  Riverside Club
352.  Robby's
353.  Robert Hall Clothes
354.  Robinson's Lakeside Inn  
355.  Robson-Prichard Building
356.  Rooftop Christmsn Tree
357.  Ross Concrete
358.  Roxy Theater
359.  Sadie Hawkins Day
360.  Saturday Night Jamboree
361.  Saver-X Pharmacy
362.  Schiff's Shoes
363.  Sears, Roebuck & Co.
364.  Second City Hall
365.  Security Bank
366.  Sehon - Stevenson
367.  Service Warehouse
368.  Seventh Avenue Methodist
369.  Shank's Tire Service
370.  Shawkey Student Union
371.  Shoney's
372.  Simms Elementary School
373.  Sinclair Glass Company
374.  Sixth Avenue YMCA
365.  Smith's Transfer Corp.
376.  Smoot Advertising Company
377.  Snaks Fifth Avenue
378.  Soft Drink Bottlers
379.  Southern States
380.  SP Brown Company
381.  Spot Lanes
382.  St. Cloud Fire Station
383.  Stanard Dry Goods
384.  Standard Printing & Publishing C.
385.  Standard Ultramarine & Color Co.
386.  Star Furniture Co.
387.  State Liquor Stores
388.  Stella Fuller Settlement
389.  Stevens Church Supply
390.  Stevens Drug Store
391.  Stone Lodge Motel
392.  Straw Hat Day
393.  Stroehmann's Bakery
394.  Tanner's Pharmacy
395.  Tas-Tee Potato Chips
396.  Texaco Stations
397.  Thabits Restaurany
398.  That Darn Stairway
399.  The 3rd. Avenue A&P
400.  The Abbott Theater
401.  The Adel Plant
402.  The Adelphia Hotel
403.  The Advertiser
404.  The Band Festival
405.  The Bazaar
406.  The Beale House
407.  The Beverly Theater
408.  The Biggs Armory
409.  The Biltmore Hotel
410.  The Bischoff Drug Store
411.  The Boldt Bottle Factory
412.  The Brinkley Bridge
413.  The Buffington Mill
414.  The Bung Factory
415.  The C&O Hospital
416.  The C&O FFV
417.  The Camden Queen
418.  The Card Shop
419.  The Christmas Bus
420.  The Circus Boy
421.  The City's First Bank
422.  The City of Huntington Ferryboat
423.  The Day and Night Bank
424.  The Dress Factor
425.  The Emmons Apartments
426.  The Fesenmeier Brewery
427.  The First C&O Depot
428.  The First Fat Boy
429.  The First National Bank
430.  The Five and Dime
431.  The Florentine Hotel
432.  The Freedom Train
433.  The French Tavern
434.  The Friendship Train
435.  The Gateway Hotel
436.  The George Washington
437.  The GM Train of Tomorrow
438.  The Guyandotte Club
439.  The Holderby Mansion
440.  The Holswade Home
441.  The Hotel Farr
442.  The Hotel Huntington
443.  The Huntington China Co.
444.  The Huntington Cubs
445.  The Huntington Hornets
446.  The Jeff Newberry Co.
447.  The Jones Hotel
448.  The Lake at Ritter Park
449.  The Margaret Theater
450.  The M.D. Angel's Building
451.  The Milner Hotel
452.  The Missing Statue
453.  The Old Brickyard
454.  The Old City Market
455.  The Old Library
456.  The Old Post Office
457.  The Olympic Pool
458.  The Oney House
459.  The Packet 'Guyandotte'
460.  The Palace Theater
461.  The Parkettes
462.  The Patterson House
463.  The Peanut Shoppe
464.  The Pied Piper
465.  The Plantation
466.  The Princess Shop
467.  The Prindle-McCrory Building
468.  The Renaissance
469.  The Sixth Street Bridge
470.  The Smart Shop
471.  The Sportsman
472.  The State Theater
473.  The Steamboat Omar
474.  The Style Shop
475.  The Superblock
476.  The Sylvania Plant
477.  The Tobacco Warehouse
478.  The Union Bank
479.  The Up Towner Inn
480.  The Waco Theater
481.  The Wilkinson Mansion
482.  Thompson Manufacturing
483.  Thornburg's Market
484.  Timber Rafts
485.  Tis The Season
486.  Tinsley's Creamery
487.  Torlone's Community Bakery
488.  Towboat J.C. Rawn
489.  Tradewell Supermarkets
490.  Trailways Terminal
491.  Truman Visits in 1948
492.  Twentieth Street Bank
493.  Union Concrete Pipe
494.  Union Mission
495.  United Fuel Gas Co.
496.  US 60 Tourist Center
497.  Van Zandt Supply
498.  Vanity Fair Building
499.  Vinson High School
500.  Waiting For The Train
501.  Ward's Do-Nut
502.  Washington Elementary
503.  Watts, Ritter & Co.
504.  Wendell Willkie Speaks
505.  Wender's Apparel
506.  West Junior High School
507.  West Virginia Belle
508.  West Virginia Rail Co.
509.  Western Auto Store
510.  Western Union
511.  Westinghouse Electrc
512.  Westmoreland Country Club
513.  Whiz Discount Stores
514.  WHTN/WOWK TV
515.  Wild's Drug Store
516.  Willis Furniture
517.  Woman's Club of Huntington
518.  WSAZ Radio
519.  WSAZ-Tv's First Building
520.  W. T. Grant Co.
521.  WWII Scrap Drives
522.  Zenner - Bradshaw Co.
523.  Ziegler & Behrend

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