Convention & Visitors Bureau Recalls Huntington's Past Greatness

Huntington, WV recalls the "glory" downtown days of the 50's, when shopping on Third and Fourth Avenue pulled visitors from 50 miles away to department stores like Anderson Newcomb, Sears, Penney's, Huntington Dry Goods, Bradshaw's, O.J. Morrison, and others. Mens and Womens shops dotted the business district, as well as movie theaters ranging from the magnificent Keith Albee to the Orpheum, Palace, Tipton (until the art deco structure burned), and "second run" cinemas like the State (westerns, wrestling), Roxy, and Rialto. With such a mecca of shopping choices, hotels dominated too ... The Frederick, Governor Cabell, The Prichard, and more.