The jail served as the "lockup" for unruly citizens for many years after its construction in 1868. The old jail was located at the Avis Crossing on the location where the Richmond building now stands. The building was later converted into a store.
Group of Men at the Hinton Masonic Lodge, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1899/04/15
Description:
Pictured is: 1. G. D. Elmore; 2. F. M. Gallagher; 3. S. B. Hamer; 4. W. F. Echols; 5. O. D. Bobbett; 6. T. Jackson; 7. L. M. Woolwine; 8. E. L. Nichell; 9. R. H. Smith; T. T. Huddleston; G. Cowhard; 12. J. F. Smith; 13. D. H. Meredith; 14. D. H. Hardy; 15. J. G. Bond; 16. E. R. Earley; 17. W. F. McFadden; 18. B. S. Smith; 19. J. W. Goodwin; 20. W. B. Strickler; 21. T. H. Boley; 22. J. R. Hardy; 23. J. M. Carter; 24. R. B. Huddleston; 25. Wm. Humphries; 26. James Hess; 27. A. A. Riddleberger; 28. C. L. Bugg; 29. J. L. Craven; 30. H. J. Reece; 31. S. R. Faulconer; 32. C. C. Brown; 33. F. A. Perkins; 34. W. S. Blankenship; 35. L. W. Hill; 36. F. L. Cox; 37. C. V. Pollock; 38. P. C. Courtney; 39. C. Farley; 40. G. Wood; 41. L. J. Payne; 42. E. J. Barger; 43. S. T. Hamilton; 44. J. J. Clifford; 45. J. C. Chambers.
An unidentified man climbs on wooden structures still above water. James House pictured on the hill.The flood came about after Greenbrier and New Rivers combined. The flood spilled into the Hinton residential area through Main and Pleasant Streets.
The church, built in 1897-98, was later moved in its present location on Temple Street and Fifth Avenue in 1907. A ferris wheel sits outside of the building while unidentified subjects gather on the lawn.
Group on Steamboat Cecilia, Green Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1906/10
Description:
The boat traveled on New River from Hinton to Bull Falls.Pictured from left to right, an unidentified boy, , Ernest Bond, Harriett Campbell Hall, Mrs. W. H. Gwinn, W. H. Gwinn, Mrs. S. W. Poore, S. W. Poore, Oliver Graham, Mattie Graham Humphrey, Charlie Poore, Jim Gwinn, and F. H. Jennings.
Elks Parade Proceeding Down Temple Street, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1907/10/23
Description:
Drawn depiction of parade participants marching down the street while spectators stands on by the sidewalks. Note the bricks on the side of the street, meant for construction of new roads.Published by Laing, Humphries and Co. of Hinton, W. Va.
First row, from left to right, is L. C. Davis; Lomer Davis; Charley Davis; Kinna Maddy.Second row, from left to right, is Jess Perdue; Charles W. Garten; Ose (?) Garten; Pearl Garrison; Floyd Belcher.Back row, from left to right, is Mr. Grant (organizer of lodge at Marie); W. T. Maddy; Haron Michael; Elmer or Emer Davidson; Hubert Light; Oscar Hutchinson.
James L. & Mary E. Lilly Family Portraits, Madams Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1909/06/23
Description:
In the very front of the photo is Naomi Ruth Dennis, age 2. Seated from left to right is Walter T. Lilly, Mary E. "Molly" Lilly, Margarette Louise Whitten Lilly, and James L. Lilly holding Aubrey C. Lilly, age one.Standing in the back is Emberry S. Taylor, Verlie Lilly Taylor, Clarence W. Dennis, Josie Lilly Dennis, Margaret E. Lilly, Charles Edgar Pitzer, and Nelly Lilly Pitzer holding Margaret Pitzer, age 2.
First Presbyterian Church Sunday School Class in Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1910
Description:
In the front row, from left to right, is Terrence Moorefield, Fred Brown, and Boyd Brown.In the second row, from left to right, is Christian Hetzel, George Griffith, Clemmer Peck, Mrs. Carrie B. Mahon (teacher), Reese Capeller, and Stanely Butler.In the back row, from left to right, is William Moorefield, Cecil Hinton, Julian Fredeking, Roy Mann, Oswald Blackwilder, Leo Ross, and Fred Flanagan.
Professor Keadle's School, Forest Hill District, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1910
Description:
Pictured is Henrietta Sheller Ellison, Winnie Roles, Ora Ferrell Allen, Miss Selfomridge, Goldie Light, Celia Ferrell Cavandish, Blanche Meadows Bartgis, Fannie Lowery, Frank Crawford, Em Ryan, Nian Garten, Oakley Hutchison, Miss Early, Maura Hutchison, Mr. Clark, Cardie Ferrell, Hester Michael Akers, Blanhce M. Shumate, Ernest Allen, Fay Long Mann, Emmett Hutchison, Miss Clark, Professor J. E. Keadle and the Carden boy.
Located on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Ballengee Street, a group of church members pose in front of the building and on the steps. The reverend at the time the picture was taken was Rev. Gates. Subjects unidentified.
Joe Jones and Son, Roy, Traveling by Horse-Drawn Wagon, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1914/12
Description:
The family, originally from Kentucky, moved to the Sandstone area. Joe timbered for work. By the 1980's, Roy was employed at the Summers County Citizens Center in Hinton, W. Va.
Leonard McVey Shelton and Oxen Transporting Goods, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Oxen "Buck" and "Berry" could travel up to 5 miles an hour with a wagon load of tanbark, which was loaded at Alderson, W. Va. They delivered on average 2-2.5 cord (one cord cost between $8 and $10) from Ted Wills of Madams Creek.
Ernest Bleau on a Railroad Bicycle by New River, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1918
Description:
Bleau, a telegrapher and cousin to W.J.B. Gwinn of Meadow Creek, is pictured on top of a railroad bicycle, or "velosipede", in order to get him to the different telegraph offices that he had to work at on the New River Division.
Hinton High School Football Team Portrait, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1920
Description:
Mary Dolin holding football in the front.Front row, left to right: Voile Turner; Harold McNeer; Ashly Eubanks; "Ram" Harford; Jim Anderson; Warren Holbert; and Sam Bess.Middle row, left to right: Ford Wauhop; Milton Bean; John Faulconer; Herman Fredeking; Jack Hayes; Alton Riddlebarger; and Hobart Foster.Back row, left to right: J. S. "Cowboy" Duncan; Coach (and Principal) Theodore Martufi; Norman Wilson; Buster Coleman; Bob Harford; Coleman Hank; Carthon Haythe; and Frank Tomkies (superintendent).
Jim Richmond home pictured on the upper left of the photograph. The large building in the center is W.m. Simmons Store. Small white building to the left is Dr. Lemon's office.
Photo of Mrs. Nell Graham's home economics class at Hinton High School. Pictures id Blanch Carden, Bessie Curtis, Mabel Meador, Layton Ellison, Mamie Krise, Daisy Marsh, Cynthia Ann, Letha Harris, and Vernette Berger.
Hinton High School Girls' Basketball Team, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1921
Description:
Pictured is Forward Madeline Carman, Forward Cora Litsinger, Center Rebecca Huffman, Guard Mary Wicker, Guard Fawn Rogers, and Captain Fannie Quisenberry. During the season of 1920-21, the girls finished 4-6.
Group portrait of the Hinton High School Boys' Basketball Team, featuring R. Harford (Captain & Forward), C. Harford (Forward), Falconer (Center), Fox (Guard), and Seldomridge (Guard).The team finished the season 9-9, with a total of 646 points scored.
Teacher on right is Mattie Bragg who married Ivid Graham.Front row, from left to right, is unidentified, unidentified, Clytie Cox, Don Cooper, unidentified, Ernest Neely (who married Alice Hedrick), and Edna Wills (who married Joe Lemons).In the back row, the boy in the middle wearing a tie on a white shirt is Carl Meadows. The Boy to the far right, next to the teacher, is Dean Cooper.
Most Likely the Presidential Campaign for Democratic Party Candidate John W. Davis in Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1924
Description:
Davis, from Clarksburg, W. Va., is pictured front and center standing on a train car and addressing the large crowd gathered before him. On the far left, also on the train with Davis, is James Rushford. Remaining subjects are unidentified.
Four Men Pose with a Train at Roundhouse in Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1925
Description:
Donald Brightwell pictured on the steps of the train. Mr. McClean is in the window. Standing on the ground beside the train is A. F. Pete Sentz and Fred Worles.
C. & O. Employees and Long Brothers Gather for Mother's Death, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1925/08
Description:
Standing from left to right is Clarence E.; B. Frank; Vernal S.; and William G. Front row from left to right is Walter S.; Ellery C.; and Atchless Murat Long.
In the front is Elvera Roach Porterfield; Effie Fox Roach (mother); E. B. Roach (father). In the rear is Harry Roach; Etta Roach Huston; Alvin Roach; Raymond Roach.
Charles P. Wood Pictured in Grandfather's Clothes near Warford, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
Charles wears the clothing of his recently deceased grandfather, William Alexander Wood. In the forefront of the photograph is the family dog, "Old Shep".
Pictured, from left to right, is Madeline Wood, Clarence Wood, Ruby Wood, Billy Wood Noble, Mary Wood, Elmer Noble, Homer Noble, and Fred Noble in the wagon.
Drawn, colored depiction of the city set beside New River.Postcard postmarked January 22, 1933 was published by Dolin Bros. of Hinton, W. Va. See original for correspondence.
The building, located on Temple Street, is home to many stores including Dr. Abott's Dentisttry (pictured on the right) and a drug store (pictured on the left). Alderson-Shumate Bootery pictured in the center.
From left to right is Thomas Moody Cooper, owner of Cooper's Mill from 1895-1945; Roy Ellison, husband of Audrey Wills; Elenite, Roy and Audrey Ellison's daughter who later became Mrs. Milton B. Wise.
Looking east from the M. D. Tower at the center of the passing track. On the west-bound is a pull-off track and connections on the left to the Nicholas, Fayette, and Greenbrier Railway.
William Loomis in His Marble Works Shop, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1936
Description:
Loomis at work in his shop located on Front Street. Loomis carved most of the stones that grace the graves of pioneer railroaders that settled in Hinton in its infancy. Loomis died in 1936.