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.    624 9th St.
7     740  6th Ave.
8.    741 6th. Ave.
9.    914 5th Avenue
10.    1018 5th. Ave.
11.    1055 3rd. Ave,
12.  A Building With Three Names
13.  Adams Express Co.
14.  ACF Center Flow Cars
15.  A Hotel With Three Names
16.  A&P Stores
17.  Air-Ola Radio Co.
18.  Albert E. Cox House
19.  Alfred Tobert Proctor
20.  Allegheny Airlines
21.  Allegheny Fire Equipment
22.  American Bank
23.  American Container
24.  American Thermos Co.
25.  Amsbary's
26.  Anderson-Newcomb Co.
27.  Appalachian Craftsmen
28.  Appalachian Life Insurance
29.  Arcade Lanes
30.  Area Enters Air Age
31.  Arena Gardens
32.  Armour & Co.
33.  Armstrong Products
34.  Arthur Treacher's
35.  Ashland Oil Stations
36.  Automobile Row
37.  B & B Food Market
38.  Bailey's Cafeteria
39.  Banks-Miller Supply Co.
40.  Barboursville Brickyard
41.  Barboursville Courthouse
42.  Barboursville Junior High
43.  Barlow-Henderson
44.  Barnett Child Care
45.  Barnett Hospital
46.  Barrack's
47.  Barta Studios
48.  Becker Music Store
49.  Belle's
50.  Beverly Hills Junior High School
51.  Big Bear Supermarkets
52.  Blue & Gray Lines
53.  Blue Jay Manufacturing
54.  Blue Sulphur Hotel
55.  B'nal Israel Synagogue
56.  Boggess Drugs
57.  Boothe Business School
58.  Borden's Better Foods
59.  Borden's Dairy
60.  Boron Service Stations
61.  Bradshaw-Diehl
62.  Branchland Pipe and Supply
63.  BrewBakers
64.  Brown's Apparel
65.  Bryant's Showboat
66.  Buckeye Building
67.  Buckeye S&L
68.  Buffington Elementary
69.  Burger Chef
70.  Butler Furniture
71.  C-K High School
72.  C.M. Love & Co. Hardware
73.  C & O Coaling Station
74.  C & O Engine 490
75.  C & O Rounfhouse
76.  C & P Telephone
77.  Cabell County Jail
78.  Cabell Elementary School
79.  Cabell Library Bookmobiles
80.  Calamity Cafe
81.  Caldwell Building
82.  Caldwell Memorial
83.  Camden Interstate Railway
84.  Camden Park Mound
85.  Camden Park Roller Rink
86.  Camp Fire Girls
87.  Canda Cattle Car CO.
88.  Canda Fire Station
89.  Capitol Furniture Building
90.  Carolina Lumber
91.  Catfish Gray
92.  Catholic Orphans' Home
93.  Cavendish-Cyrus Hardware
94.  Central City Ferry
95.  Central Fire Station
96.  Central Glass Company
97.  Central Veneering Co. 
98.  Ceredo Drive-In Theater
99.  Ceredo Grade School
100.  Charles H. Hagan & Co.
101.  Chi-Chi's Restaurant
102.  Children's Hospital
103.  Chili Willi'
104.  Christian Science Church
105.  Christmas 1939
106.  Christmas in the 1970s
107.  Christmas at Anderson-Newcomb Co.
108.  CILCO Inc.
109.  Circuit City
110.  City Ice Delivery Co.
111.  Club Foods
112.  Club Pompeii
113.  Colonial Motors
114.  Colored Children's Home
115.  Comair Inc.
116.  Consolidated Bus Lines
117.  Corbin Ltd. Store
118.  Count Basie
119.  Cruise Avenue
120.  CWA Projects
121.  Dandridge Hill
122.  Davidson's Record Shop
123.  Davis Opera House
124.  D. E. Abbott & Co.
125.  Deardorff-Sisler Co.
126.  Delos W. Emmons
127.  Dickerson Lumber
128.  Dickinson Furniture
129.  Dolen's Drive-In
130.  Dollar Day Sale
131.  Downtown Penney's
132.  Dr. Pepper Bottling Co.
133.  Duncan Box & Lumber Co.
134.  Duncan Yo-Yos
135.  Dunhill's
136.  Dwight's Drive-In
137.  Early Movie Houses
138.  East Drive-in Theater
139.  East Hills Mall
140.  Eastern Air Lines
141.  Egg Thrower Targets Wendell Willkie
142.  Film Star Raised $3 Million Here
143.  Ely Ensign's House
144.  Emmons-Hawkins Hardware
145.  Ensign Electric
146.  Ensign Elementary School
147.  Ensign Manufacturing
148.  Enslow Middle School
149.  Enterprise Wheel & Car
150.  Evans Supermarkets
151.  Fairfield Station
152.  Falls City
153.  Farmer Bill
154.  Fetter Furniture
155.  Fetty Elementary
156.  Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
157.  Fifth Avenue Wiggins
158.  Fire Alarm Station
159.  First Baptist Church
160.  First City S&L
161.  First Douglass School
162.  First Electric Street Lights
163.  First Guyandotte Bridge
164.  JW Industries
165.  Flatt and Scruggs
166.  Fleeger-Withrow Inc.
167.  Foard-Harwood Shoes
168.  Former Huntington High
169.  Fountain Drug Store
170.  Fort Gay High School
171.  Foster Memorial Home
172.  Foster-Thornburg Hardware
173.  Fourth of July, 1946
174.  Frank's Sandwich Shop
175.  Frank's Shoe Store
176.  Frederick Hotel
177.  Frederick Pharmacy
178.  Fret'n' Fiffle
179.  Fricke Pie Co.
180.  Frostie Root Beer
181.  Fulton Tool Works
182.  Gallaher School
183.  Gay Capers'
184.  General Cigar Co.
185.  Geneva Kent School
186.  George F Miller House
187.  Georgetown Galleries
188.  Gibson Glass Co.
189.  Gissel Packing Co.
190.  Glaser Furniture
191.  Glenwood Hotel
192.  GM Parade of Progress
193.  Gold's Esso/Exxon
194.  Gold Furniture Company
195.  Gravely Tractors
196.  Greene Line Terminal
197.  Guaranty Bank
198.  Guthrie-Steenburgen Hospital
199.  Guyan Creameryl
200.  Guyan's Second Clubhouse
201.  Gwinn Brothers Mill
202.  Hadacol Caravan
203.  Hamburger Inn
204.  Harshbarger Milling Co.
205.  Harts Family Center
206.  Hartzell Handle Company
207.  Harvey, Hagen & Co.
208.  Heck's Department St.
209.  Hez Ward Buick
210.  Highlawn Pharmacy
211.  Highway Post Office
212.  Hills Department Store
213.  Hodges Hall
214.  Holderby School
215.  Honaker Inc.
216.  Hotel Prichard
217.  Houdaille Industries
218.  Humphreys' Southside Pharmacy
219.  Huntington Arcade
220.  Huntington Awning & Patio Shop
221.  Huntington Barber College
222.  Huntington Blue Scox
223.  Huntington Chair
224.  Huntington Coca-Cola Co.
225.  Huntington Dry Goods
226.  Huntington East High School
227.  Huntington First Airport
228.  Huntington Hospital
229.  Huntington Maidenform Plant
230.  Huntington Memorial Hospital
231.  Huntington Orthopedic Hospital
232.  Huntington Towboat
233.  Huntington Trust Bank
234.  Huntington Tumbler Company
235.  Huntington YWCA
236.  Imperial Ice Cream Co.
237.  Imperial Lanes
238.  Island Creek Coal
239.  Island Creek Coal Tipple
240.  Jack Dial Sporting Goods
241.  James J. Weiler & Sons
242.  Jaskow Jurs
243.  Jefferson Elementary School
244.  Jim Brackman Lunches
245.  Jim Thacker
246.  John Hunt Oley
247.  John Hooe Russel
248.  J. H. Miller Co.
249.  J. M.  McCoach & Co.
250.  J. S. Latta Store
251.  Keen Jewelers
252.  Kennedy Dairy
253.  Kenney Music Co.
254.  Kenova Box Co.
255.  Kenova Union Station
256.  Kerr Glass Plant
257.  Kessler's Brass Foundry
258.  King & Pettersen Tile & Marble Co.
259.  Kiser's Drug
260.  Kiwanivista Park
261.  Laidley Hall
262.  Lazarus Department Store
263.  Le Chateau
264.  Le John Manufacturing
265.  Lerner Shops
266.  Lewis-Wilson Hardware
267.  Lincoln Junior High School
268.  Little Switzerland Brewing
269.  Lock and Dam No. 28
270.  Love Furniture
271.  Mack & Dave's
272.  M.D. Angel's Building
273.  Maidenform Huntington Plant
274.  Mansour's Market
275.  Marbles Champs
276.  Marion T. Gray
277.  Marshall Beach Tree
278.  Marshall Lab School
279.  Marshall Laidley Hall
280.  Marshall Music Building
281.  Marshall Victory
282.  Marshall Women's Gym
283.  Marshall Green Village
284.  Martha White Mil
285.  Martin's Restaurant
286.  Maud Muller Candies
287.  McColm Granite Company
288.  McKesson & Robbins
289.  Mel Gillispie Orchestra
290.  Memorial  Field House
291.  Michael's Restaurant
292.  Miller Paint
293.  Miller School
294.  Milton J. Ferguson
295.  Mine Rescue Car
296.  Ming's Restaurant
297.  Minter Homes Corp.
298.  Miss USA Pageant
299.  Model Furniture Co.
300.  Monroe Elementary School
301.  Montgomery Ward
302.  Moore & Sons Hardware
303.  Mootz Bakery
304.  Mott Core Drilling
305.  Mount Hope Hospital
306.  Mountaineer Dinner Theater
307.  MU Phys Ed Building
308.  Mycroft's Bar and Grill
309.  Myers Transfer
310.  Mylar's License Service
311.  Nasser's Department Store
312.  National Mattress
313 . Naval Training Center
314.  Neighborhood Theaters
315.  Nicholson-Kendle Furniture Co.
316.  Nick's News and Card Shop
317.  Niermann's Pharmacy
318.  Nobil's Shoes
319.  Northcott - Buffington
320.  Northcott Court
321.  Northcott Hall
322.  Ohio River Railroad
323.  Ohio Valley Bus Co.
324.  Old Cabell County Jail
325.  Old Engineering Building
326.  Old Fairfield Stadium
327.  Old Guyandotte Bridge
328.  Old Huntington High School
329.  Old Main Annex
330.  Old Main Auditorium
331.  Old St. Mary's Nursing School
332.  Oley Elementary
333.  Oley Junior High
334.  Oliver's
335.  One Room School
336.  O'Neill Machine Shop
337.  Orpheum Theater
338.  Owens-Illinois Plant. 
339.  Page Pitt
340.  Permons Restaurant
341.  Perry-Norvell Shoe Co.
342.  Phillips' Train Shop
343.  Phoenix Powder Co.
344.  Pilgrim Glass
345.  Pilgrim Laundry
346.  Pleasant View Manor
347.  Polan Industries
348.  Preaching Missions
349.  Price's Bakery
350.  Pure Oil Co. Service Station
351.  Quality Bedding Co.
352.  Railway Express Agency
353.  Rainbow-Viking Glass Co.
354.  Ralsten, Ltd.
355.  Ras-Tee Potato Chips
356.  Rebels & Redcoats Tavern
357.  Red Head Gasoline
358.  Reich-Huntington Iron Works
359.  Remembering Alex Booth
360.  Remembering 'Bart' Andrews
361.  Remembering Bill Shriner
362.  Remembering Bill Spurlock
363.  Remembering Bill Stewart
364.  Remembering Bob Bowen
365.  Remembering Charles H. Moffat
366.  Remembering 'Chuck' Ripper
367.  Remembering Clyde Roberts
368.  Remembering Dagmar
369.  Remembering Dean Sturm
370.  Remembering 'DJ'
371.  Remembering 'Duke' Ridgley
372.  Remembering 'Dutch' Miller
373.  Remembering Estelle "Bill" Belanger
374.  Remembering George S. Wallace
375.  Remembering 'Gunner' Gataki
376.  Remembering Hawakaw Hawkins
377.  Remembering Henry Hatfield
378.  Remembering Herbert Henderson
379.  Remembering H. O. Via
380.  Remembering Irvin Dugan
381.  Remembering Jane Shepherd
382.  Remembering Jesse Stuart
383.  Remembering Joan Edwards
384.  Remembering Joan Hyldoft
385.  Remembering Justice Chambers
386.  Remembering Lee Maynard
387.  Remenberibg  Marvin Stone
388.  Remembering Pete Stenger
389.  Remembering Ralph Shannon
390.  Remembering Revella Hughes
391.  Remembering Shawkey Saba
392.  Remembering Roy Straight
393.  Remembering Zip Brubeck
394.  Remembering Z. T. Vinson
395.  Richard's Shell Service
396.  Riter Furniture Co.
397.  Riverside Club
398.  Robby's
399.  Robert Hall Clothes
400.  Robinson's Lakeside Inn  
401.  Robson-Prichard Building
402.  Rooftop Christmsn Tree
403.  Ross Concrete
404.  Roxy Theater
405.  Roy Rogers at Field House 
406.  S & H Green Stamps
407.  Sadie Hawkins Day
408.  Saturday Night Jamboree
409.  Saver-X Pharmacy
410.  Schiff's Shoes
411.  Sears, Roebuck & Co.
412.  Second City Hall
413.  Security Bank
414.  Sehon - Stevenson
415.  Service Warehouse
416.  Seventh Avenue Methodist
417.  Shank's Tire Service
418.  Shawkey Student Union
419.  Sheriff Don Chafin
420.  Shoney's
421.  Simms Elementary School
422.  Sinclair Glass Company
423.  Sixth Avenue YMCA
424.  Smith's Transfer Corp.
425.  Smoot Advertising Company
426.  Snaks Fifth Avenue
427.  Soft Drink Bottlers
428.  Southern States
429.  SP Brown Company
430.  Spot Lanes
431.  St. Cloud Fire Station
432.  Stanard Dry Goods
433.  Standard Printing & Publishing C.
434.  Standard Ultramarine & Color Co.
435.  Star Furniture Co.
436.  State Liquor Stores
437.  Stella Fuller Settlement
438.  Stevens Church Supply
439.  Stevens Drug Store
440.  Stone Lodge Motel
441.  Straw Hat Day
442.  Stroehmann's Bakery
443.  Tanner's Pharmacy
444.  Tas-Tee Potato Chips
445.  Texaco Stations
446.  Thabits Restaurany
447.  That Darn Stairway
448.  The 3rd. Avenue A&P
449.  The 1913 Flood
450.  The Abbott Theater
451.  The Adel Plant
452.  The Adelphia Hotel
453.  The Advertiser
454.  The Band Festival
455.  The Bazaar
456.  The Beale House
457.  The Beverly Theater
458.  The Biggs Armory
459.  The Biltmore Hotel
460.  The Bischoff Drug Store
461.  The Boldt Bottle Factory
462.  The Brinkley Bridge
463.  The Broh Building
464.  The Buffington Mill
465.  The Bung Factory
466.  The C&O Goes Diesel
467.  The C&O Hospital
468.  The C&O FFV
469.  The Camden Queen
470.  The Candy Makers
471.  The Card Shop
472.  The Christmas Bus
473.  The Circus Boy
474.  The City's First Bank
475.  The City's First Bridge
476.  The City's First School
477.  The City of Huntington Ferryboat
478.  The City's Only Hanging
479.  The Day and Night Bank
480.  The Dress Factor
481.  The Elephant Walk
482.  The Emmons Apartments
483.  The Enslow Mansion
484.  The Esso Huntington
485.  The Fashion
486.  The Fesenmeier Brewery
487.  The First Band Festival
488.  The First C&O Depot
489.  The First Fat Boy
490.  The First National Bank
491.  The Five and Dime
492.  The Florentine Hotel
493.  The Reese Formula
494.  The Freedom Train
495.  The French Tavern
496.  The Friendship Train
497.  The Gateway Hotel
498.  The George Washington
499.  The GM Train of Tomorrow
500.  The Guyandotte Club
501.  The Holderby Mansion
502.  The Holswade Home
503.  The Hotel Farr
504.  The Hotel Huntington
505.  The Huntington China Co.
506.  The Huntington Cubs
507.  The Huntington Hornets
508.  The Jeff Newberry Co.
509.  The Jones Hotel
510.  The Lake at Ritter Park
511.  The Lucy Prichard Home
512.  The Mayfloeer
513.  The Margaret Theater
514.  The M.D. Angel's Building
515.  The Milner Hotel
516.  The Missing Statue
517.  The Old Brickyard
518.  The Old City Market
519.  The Old Library
520.  The Old Post Office
521.  The Olympic Pool
522.  The Oney House
523.  The Packet 'Guyandotte'
524.  The Palace Theater
525.  The Parkettes
526.  The Patterson House
527.  The Peanut Shoppe
528.  The Pied Piper
529.  The Plantation
530.  The Princess Shop
531.  The Prindle-McCrory Building
532.  The Race Track
533.  The Reese Formmula
534.  The Renaissance
535.  The Sixth Street Bridge
536.  The Smart Shop
537.  The Sportsman
538.  The State Hospital
539.  The State Theater
540.  The Steamboat Omar
541.  The Style Shop
542.  The Superblock
543.  The Sylvania Plant
544.  The Tipton Theater
545.  The Tobacco Warehouse
546.  The Union Bank
547.  The Up Towner Inn
548.  The Waco Theater
549.  The Walton Building
550.  The Wilkinson Mansion
551.  Thomas H. Harvey
552.  Thompson Manufacturing
553.  Thornburg's Market
554.  Timber Rafts
555.  Tis The Season
556.  Tinsley's Creamery
557.  Torlone's Community Bakery
558.  Towboat J.C. Rawn
559.  Tradewell Supermarkets
560.  Trailways Terminal
561.  Truman Visits in 1948
562.  Twentieth Street Bank
563.  Union Concrete Pipe
564.  Union Mission
565.  United Fuel Gas Co.
566.  US 60 Tourist Center
567.  Van Zandt Supply
568.  Vanity Fair Building
569.  Vinson High School
570.  Waiting For The Train
571.  Ward's Do-Nut
572.  Washington Elementary
573.  Watts, Ritter & Co.
574.  Wendell Willkie Speaks
575.  Wender's Apparel
576.  West Junior High School
577.  West Virginia Belle
578.  West Virginia Rail Co.
579.  Western Auto Store
580.  Western Union
581.  Westinghouse Electrc
582.  Westmoreland Country Club
583.  Whiz Discount Stores
584.  WHTN/WOWK TV
585.  Wild's Drug Store
586.  Willis Furniture
587.  Woman's Club of Huntington
588.  WSAZ Bands Record
589.  WSAZ Radio
590.  WSAZ-Tv's First Building
591.  W. T. Grant Co.
592.  WWII Scrap Drives
593.  Zenner - Bradshaw Co.
594.  Ziegler & Behrend

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