Exterior of Star Bus Company featuring employees posing for portrait with two buses; routes to Cassville and Maidsville are advertised; company office and the "Reed Hotel Annex" are in same building.
A man is standing on the stairs to the Old Wallace House in Morgantown, West Virginia. Two men are standing outside Dunlap's which is connected to the Old Wallace House.
Several men are standing and sitting on the porch of the Maderia Hotel in Morgantown, West Virginia; 'Copied by Bradford Laidley, taken from Prosperity and Education Edition of The New Dominion in Morgantown, Feb. 1903.'
Franklin Hotel on the Corner of Chestnut and Walnut Streets, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1887
Description:
Hotel was built in 1796. 'From Left to right the men are Charles W. Finnell, George C. Hayes, who conducted a store opposite the old tavern; and Henry Morgan, a former editor of the Morgantown Post. The colored porter is Abe Croston who worked many years in the hostelry.'
A man and a woman are standing in front of an automobile that is parked in front of the Home Hotel in Morgantown, West Virginia. A man and two women are sitting in the automobile.
Hotel and Dunlop Tire Store, 1253 University Avenue, Third Ward, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1944-1955
Description:
Monongalia County Building and Loan Association. District: Third Ward; From whom aquired: Globe Realty Co. '#2 Star Hotel-Shisler'; Address of property: 1253 University Avenue; Description: Pt lot 3 University Avenue 87.5x100'; Improvements: Building with two store rooms on first floor, two floors above rented as hotel, frame construction, composition roof.
Hotel on Moore and Garrett Streets, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1944-1955
Description:
Monongalia County Building and Loan Association. District: Third Ward. From Whom Acquired: Lepera, Louie # 4 (Hotel). Address of Property: Moore and Garrett Streets. Description: Pt. Lot 6 - 57.6' on Moore Street 56.6' on Garrett Street x 54.4' near B. & O. Station. Improvements: Brick and frame hotel, about twenty rooms, steam heat, two store rooms in basement, two floors above occupied as hotel.
John Hunt was one of the first African American's to operate a restaurant in Morgantown, West Virginia. He opened a restaurant under the Commercial Hotel in 1892 located across from the courthouse on High Street. Information on p. 40 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Reproduced from the John H. Hunt family photos, held by WVU Women's Centenary Project, Center for Women's Study Archive. Original Loaned by Virginia Hunt Chandler.
Hunt's Restaurant at Walnut and Spruce Streets, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1920
Description:
John Hunt was one of the first African American's to operate a restaurant in Morgantown, West Virginia. He opened a restaurant under the Commercial Hotel in 1892 located across from the courthouse on High Street. He also operated an Ice Cream Factory. Information on p. 40,99 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Reproduced from the John H. Hunt family photos, held by WVU Women's Centenary Project, Center for Women's Study Archive. Original Loaned by Virginia Hunt Chandler.
