Start at Pullman Square 
… at the outdoor stage area and take a look across 3rd Avenue.

1. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, the Huntington Downtown Historic District — roughly bounded by 3rd Avenue, 10th Street, 5th Avenue, 8th Street and 7th Street — is 315 acres and has 59 buildings of historic and architectural importance. Now that your head is spinning, let’s go.
Walk past Starbuck’s to the light at 9th Street and cross 3rd Avenue in front of MU Hall of Fame Cafe walkingtoward 4th Avenue, to get a view into the heart of downtown.
Walk past the spire taken from the old 6th Street Bridge and added to 9th Street during a 2006-2007 makeover. Nearby in the 314 Century Bldg., note the Touma Medical Museum, which is open by appointment. 
At 4th Avenue and 9th Street, look left and see some of Huntington’s towering landmarks featured prominently in the Warner Brothers’ movie “We Are Marshall.”

2. The Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center, 925 4th Ave. Designed by Scottish-born Thomas Lamb, one of America’s top theater and cinema architects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Keith opened May 7, 1928. It was the country’s second largest theater seating about 3,000. It has introduced at least five movies to the world, including “We Are Marshall” in 2006. Owned by the non-profit Keith-Albee Foundation Inc., the Keith stopped showing first-run movies in January 2006 and began extensive renovations including on-going seat replacements. It is home to the Marshall Artists Series, the Huntington Symphony Orchestra, and outside a variety of special events including Pride Fest, and the Italian Festival on the Avenue each August.
3. The Frederick Hotel, 940 4th Ave. Built in 1906, it took more than 3.7 million bricks and more than 10,000 cubic feet of stone.The hotel required 300 tons of iron work, five railroad cars of glass, 4,000 electric lights, 252 miles of wiring and 200 telephones.The Edwardian Renaissance-style hotel was designed by Edwin Alger, who also designed the Carnegie Library. The lobby is 61 feet wide and 42 feet high with a stained glass window in its dome. It is home to the long-running restaurant and bar 21 at The Frederick as well as a reception space.
4. The West Virginia Building, 910 4th Ave. One of Huntington’s tallest buildings, it was built by Robert Archer and completed in 1924. Originally called the Union Bank and Trust Building, it was renamed the West Virginia Building in 1943 and is home to 41 apartments, five attorneys, a psychiatrist and the Village Collection (a women’s clothing store), among others.Located at 4th Avenue and 9th Street, it has a colorful history, as it was owned for 26 years by several investors including Huey Perry, author of “Blaze Starr: My Life,” which was made into the movie “Blaze.” In January 2007, Perry sold the building to a 29-year-old real estate investor from New York City for $3.2 million. Owned by councilman Alex Vence, Jr., the building has hosted the United Way Over the Edge rappel from the roof.
Take a right on 4th Avenue and walk to 8th Street. At the intersection, look over on 8th Street to see the Big Sandy Superstore Arena down the block.

5. The Mountain Health Arena, 3rd Avenue and 8th Street. Renamed and freshly painted in 2019, the front and back features custom murals designed by Marshall graduate and world famous painter, Don Pendleton. On the Soupy Sales Plaza out front is John Rietta’s 1979 nickel alloy sculpture, “Continuous Ascent” made and donated by the Huntington Alloy Inc., (Special Metals) whose metal was used for the space shuttles. On Sept. 20-22, 1977, Elvis Presley was to open the $10.5 million Huntington Civic Center. But, he died Aug. 16, 1977. The rock band Heart played the first concert. Recently, the arena has been a Top 20 Arena for its size in the U.S.
6. “Windows,” 4th Avenue and 8th Street. On your left across from the Cabell County Courthouse, check out “Windows.” The public art project is 24 colorful panels located in the window spaces in the building at 4th Avenue and 8th Street. The art is by students in ArtWorks, a project between the Huntington Housing Authority and the Huntington Museum of Art. In 2019, the building is being transformed by Capital Venture Corp’s Jim Weiler and Phil Nelson who teamed up to create The Market, the vibrant two-story walk-through space connecting Third and Fourth Avenues with nine new businesses and an outdoor patio.
Keep walking 4th Avenue from 8th Street to 7th Street.

7. Cabell County Courthouse, between 4th and 5th avenues and 7th and 8th streets. The courthouse was designed by nationally known architects Gunn and Curtiss. It was the county’s fourth and final courthouse. The original Renaissance-style center section has mansard roofs. The imposing clock tower was completed in 1899. The 5th Avenue entrance was completed in 1904. The dedication of the original building featured an October 1904 appearance by Theodore Roosevelt. In 1924, construction was completed on a new west wing (4th Avenue entrance) that was 65 feet by 103 feet of Ohio sandstone. The courthouse, with its distinct domes, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The copper domes were gold-leafed in the late 1990s, thanks to donations from the community, including Huntington attorney John Hankins.
Take a left on 7th Street and walk to 5th Avenue.

8. Former Cabell County Jail, 7th Street between 4th and 5th avenues. The jail was used for more than 60 years until the Western Regional Jail was completed in November 2003 in Barboursville. The modern art deco four-story building was built with Berea Sandstone. It replaced the original jail and was finished March 16, 1940. The east wing of the courthouse (duplicating the west wing) was completed at the same time.  Turn left on to 5th Avenue.

9. First Congregational Church, 5th Avenue and 7th Street. The original church, located at 5th Avenue and 9th Street, was one of the first churches in Huntington in 1874. When that property was sold in 1910, this church was built. The present-day cornerstone was laid in April 1911.
10. WSAZ Newschannel 3, 645 5th Ave. The oldest TV station in the state, WSAZ began broadcasting Oct. 14, 1949. It’s NBC’s longest continuously-affiliated station south of Washington, D.C. Since 1956 the station’s newscasts have featured two anchors from studios in Charleston and Huntington.
Keep walking up 5th Avenue. 

11. Huntington City Hall, 800 5th Ave. City Hall was built in 1913-14 and designed by architect Verus T. Ritter with a Roman-style exterior edifice. Massive fluted Corinthian columns with elaborate capitals appear on the north and front sides. Inside, take staircases to the Jean Carlo Stephenson Auditorium, restored in 1988. It hosts plays and shows including in recent years the annual My Brother, My Brother and Me “Candlenights” holiday podcast show that draws a sold-out international crowd.
12. The Federal Office Building, 502 8th St. The building underwent a facelift in 2007. The nearly 50-year-old seven-story building was remodeled, and its entrance was moved to a more convenient location. Visitors and employees to the Federal Office Building now enter the building from 5th Avenue. The Federal Office Building is home to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the PACE Federal Credit Union.  It underwent a nearly $50 million renovation completed in 2014.
13. Sidney L. Christie Federal Building, formerly the U.S. Post Office and Federal Building, 9th Street and 5th Avenue. The three-story building took five years to build. It was renamed in 1974 for Sidney L. Christie, a federal judge and prominent regional figure in the 1920s and 1930s. Designed in the Second Renaissance Revival style, the building is clad in Bedford, Ind., limestone. The site was bought in 1903, and the building completed in January 1907. The 1915-1917 addition provided more space for the postal areas and courtroom offices. The second addition was completed in 1937. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
14. Carnegie Public Library (Huntington Junior College): 900 5th Ave. This building, constructed in 1901-1902, was Cabell County’s first public library. An example of Beaux Arts Classicism, it was named after Andrew Carnegie, who offered the city $35,000 for the construction of the library. Now the home of the HuntingtonJunior College, the sandstone building’s temple entrance has four Ionic, two-story columns. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979-80. The current library was built in 1980 and is located just across 9th Street.
15. Central Huntington Garage, 916 5th Ave.: The 400-car garage was built in 1926. Financed by the three Hines brothers of Logan County, W.Va., it was paid for with a suitcase full of money, so the story goes. It was built with 13 levels and 50 offices. 16. Jim’s Steak and Spaghetti, 920 5th Ave. The late Jim Tweel started the restaurant June 9, 1938. He died on the restaurant’s 67th anniversary, June 9, 2005. The restaurant has hosted a who’s-who of American history, including JFK and Mohammed Ali. It is now run by Tweel’s daughter Jimmie Tweel Carder and grandson, Brad Tweel. Jim’s was named 2019 America’s Classics winner in the Southeast region by the James Beard Foundation and is famed for its Strawberry Pie Week that draws in thousands of customers.
Cross 5th Avenue, south on 9th Street.

17. Fifth Avenue Hotel, 5th Avenue and 9th Street. Built in 1910 by Hans Watts, this now-apartment building is one of Huntington’s examples of Edwardian architecture. The building has a blend of ornamented brick work of pilasters, cornices and dentil block trim.
18. Guaranty Bank Building, 517 9th St. Originally called the Robson-Prichard Building, this 10-story building was built in 1910-11 and held the offices of Fred C. Prichard and Hugh A. Robson. In 1941, Guaranty Bank and Trust occupied the first floor and then gained control of the building, which was renamed the Chafin Building in the 1950s. John Hankins bought it and began restoration of the historical edifice. Above the main entrance are three ornate cartouches with gold-leafed garland. Hankins also placed a pair of streetlights out front that once burned in the Louvre Museum plaza in Paris. The building now houses the Cabell Huntington Counseling Center. 
19. Prichard Hotel, 6th Avenue and 9th Street. Once known as the largest and finest hotel in West Virginia, it’s a 13-story building at 6th Avenue and 9th Street. It opened in 1925 with 300 guest rooms, 14 private dining rooms, a ballroom and a public dining room. President John F. Kennedy once stayed there. It was bought in 2016 by Christ Temple Church. 
Keep walking on 9th Street to 7th Avenue and go left (east).

20. CSX building and old train station, Huntington statue, , 7th Avenue and 9th Street. A statue out front pays homage to Huntington’s namesake, Collis P. Huntington. The P stands for “Potter.” Huntington became president of C&O Railroad in 1870 and began putting the railroad through here. Huntington, the city, was incorporated by the West Virginia Legislature in February 1871. Huntington was one of the major investors in the Central Pacific Railroad, which became part of the first transcontinental railroads in the United States. His second most important venture was in connecting the Atlantic Seaboard with the Ohio River. He accomplished this goal in 1873 with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in the newly planned city bearing his last name. The statue was sculpted in 1924 by artist Gutzon Borglum, who created Mount Rushmore.  
Up 7th Avenue one block turn onto 10th Street. Walk to 5th Avenue.

21. Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church, 5th Avenue and 10th Street. Built in 1892, the four-story church is made of randomly coursed reddish brownstone. It is named in honor of former pastor the Rev. J.W. Johnson. Part of the sanctuary was damaged in a 2015 fire but re-opened after restoration in 2016.
22. The Herald-Dispatch, 946 5th Ave. The building, which housed the Advertiser from 1922 to 1979, is a four-story Gothic Bauhaus design with dark tan brick. It was built in 1922 during the city’s building boom. The main entrance has a high ogee arch with Gothic detail.  The newspaper is owned by H-D Media which owns eight newspapers including the state’s largest, the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
Take a right on 5th Avenue and enjoy Huntington’s famous Avenue of Churches.

23. First Presbyterian Church, 5th Avenue between 10th and 11th streets. The church has been around longer than the city of Huntington. The congregation moved to 5th Avenue and built a small chapel in the 1870s. In 1873, the name was changed to First Presbyterian Church of Huntington. The present building was erected in 1895. 
24. Campbell-Hicks House, 1102 5th Ave. Completed in 1896, the Campbell-Hicks House is a Queen Anne style, single-dwelling home that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
25. Trinity Episcopal Church, 5th Avenue and 11th Street. Work began in 1883, and the first services were in 1884. The debt was paid in full in 1903 and dedicated in March of that year. In 1916, the parish bought adjacent property for a rectory. A parish house was added in 1933. Cruciform in shape, buttresses support the high-pitched slate roof that lends a Gothic air to the interior.
26. Fifth Avenue Baptist, , 1135 5th Ave. The church was organized in 1877 and had services in several locations before it erected the current building. The cornerstone was laid for the present sanctuary in August 1917. The $182,000 sanctuary and educational building was dedicated March 2, 1919. Windows depict scenes from the life and ministry of Christ. The sanctuary features a large Chrismon Tree, and the chapel windows depict the Adoration of the Christ Child by the Magi. 
27. First United Methodist Church, 1124 5th Ave. Built in 1914, the church has two 100-foot towers that are replicas of the Magalin towers of Oxford. The main church is made of Cleveland graystone, and the sanctuary is of a Gothic design. The front is set off by three grand stained glass windows that depict the birth of Jesus, the boy Jesus at the temple and the resurrection. The windows underwent a major restoration in 2019.
28. Central Christian Church, 1202 5th Ave. Built in 1895, the sanctuary was renovated in 1979-1980, and the church’s exterior is automatically lit every evening.
Turn left on 12th Street and walk to 4th Avenue. Right on to 4th Avenue.

29. Old Main Corridor, 4th Avenue between 10th and 16th streets. These blocks of 4th Avenue leading to Old Main are part of a downtown revitalization project currently under way. The design includes new trees and ornamental streetlights similar to the ones used on 3rd Avenue in front of Pullman Square. Check out shops and pubs such as Purple Earth Comics, Fourth Avenue Arts, Hank’s, Pita Pit, Rocco’s, Now Hear This, and The Union that make this section of 4th Avenue a bridge between town and gown. 

30. Greyhound Bus Depot, 4th Avenue and 13th Street. Built for $150,000, the bus depot opened in 1952. Crews for Jack Davis of Huntington built this one and the Ashland depot at the same time. The Tri-State Transit Authority bought and renovated it in the early 1990s. 
31. Old Main, Marshall University Campus, 16th Street and 4th Avenue. Old Main was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Now Marshall University’s administrative building, Old Main faces Hal Greer Boulevard (16th Street) and 4th Avenue. The oldest building at Marshall, it is actually five buildings joined together in a series of additions constructed between the years 1868 and 1908. 
32. Hal Greer Boulevard. 16th Street is named Hal Greer Boulevard after Hal Greer, the first African-American to play basketball at Marshall. The soft-spoken Hall of Fame guard from West Virginia racked up 21,586 points during his NBA career, scoring 19.2 points and playing in 1,122 games. In 2019, Marshall is dedicating a new statue to the late, great Hal Greer, who died on April 14, 2018.
Take a left and go to 3rd Avenue. At 3rd Avenue, take a left. 

There’s a number of businesses and restaurants along 3rd Avenue, including Buddy’s BBQ, which features Bike Night, the Tri-State’s longest running outdoor concert series.
Keep walking down 3rd Avenue for several blocks.

33. “Coin” Harvey House, 1305 3rd Ave. The Harvey-Enslow Home, built in 1874, is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is a West Indies Caribbean-style plantation structure whose defining feature is the Palladian stone arches with stained glass fanlights and the fluted Ionic columns supporting a Pagoda-style roof. Retired Huntington lawyer Jim St. Clair and his wife Mickey have poured more than $560,000 into renovating the home which they hope to turn into a museum, a party venue, a bed and breakfast or office.
34. The Huntington Floodwall. An 11.6-mile-long and 20-foot-tall wall was designed and constructed under the supervision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers following the 1937 Flood. The flood crested at 69.2 feet, nearly three feet above the 1913 level of 66.4 feet. In 1938, Huntington began plans for a floodwall, and it was completed in 1943 to a height of almost three feet above the record. 
35. Emmons fire greenspace, 3rd Avenue and 12th Street. This empty greenspace was once home to the Emmons Jr. and Sr. Apartment Buildings. The apartments were built in 1910-1911 and an additional 61 apartments were added in 1924. A fire there Jan. 13, 2007, was the deadliest fire in Huntington’s history. Nine people were killed. The building was demolished in late 2007.
 Keep walking down 3rd Avenue until 11th Street.

36. Masonic Temple / Watts-Ritter Wholesale Drygoods, 1100-1108 3rd Ave. A large early 20th century seven-story commercial building located on the northeast comer of 3rd Avenue and 11th Street. It was completed in 1914 to house a large wholesale business and Huntington Lodge #53 of the Masons. A defining feature is the main entrance, a double-width entry with an enlarged keystone and an oval stained glass window depicting the Masonic emblem and a wide terra cotta frame. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Owned and managed by Huntington Realty Corp., River Tower, now houses about a dozen businesses.
Turn right (north) onto 11th Street.

37. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, 1100 block of 2nd Avenue (Veterans Memorial Boulevard). The B&O Passenger Station was built in 1887 by the Ohio River Railroad. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding and Dwight Eisenhower stopped here. The last passenger train left the station Jan. 31, 1952. Heritage Village opened in 1977 and is owned by the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The Shops at Heritage Station is made up of 17 shop including Brown Dog Yoga, SIP Wine and Whiskey Bar and many more. The main building is home to the Cabell-Huntington Convention and Visitors Bureau, its Red Caboose Artisan Center and a bakery. The Chesapeake and Ohio 1308 Steam Locomotive (out front) was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. In 2000, the ashes of the late, great WV native blues singer Diamond Teeth Mary Smith McClain (who played the White House and all over Europe) were scattered on the tracks. The Diamond Teeth Mary Blues Fest pays tribute to the WV Music Hall of Fame singer every August.
38. Bank of Huntington, 1100 block of 2nd Avenue. One interesting building of note at Heritage Station is Suite 14 – the Bank of Huntington. The bank was built in 1875 and was robbed by members of the infamous James Gang. The building houses Hautewick Social on the street level. The second floor is the Chessie Room B&B. Also, local playwright George Snider has written a murder mystery based on the infamous bank robbery that is performed at Heritage Farm Museum and Village.
Walk through the parking lot of Heritage Station south toward the river. Cross Veterans Memorial Boulevard into Harris Riverfront Park at the 13th Street entrance. Walk into the park. Veer left by the new playground and take the walkway that follows the Ohio River to the 10th Street entrance.

39. Harris Riverfront Park. The park was completed in 1977. The second phase was completed in 1983 and included the amphitheater, one additional comfort station, green space, lower walkway and parking. The final phase was completed in 1997. The walkway is named the Chuck Ripper Trail for the late, great Huntingtonresident known as one of the world’s greatest wildlife artists. The park is home to the Huntington Symphony Orchestra’s Picnic With the Pops, and annual visits by the Belle of Cincinnati. The park’s west end has the new Huntington Skate Park, and is also an access point to the PATH (Paul Ambrose Trail for Health) bicycling and walking trail on the flood wall and throughout Huntington.
Go straight on 10th Street back to Pullman Square. 

40. Campbell Woods, PLLC, 1002 3rd Ave. The law firm renovated this historic building and moved in after the historic C.M. Love Company Hardware closed in 2010. Started in 1910, C.M. Love had been in three locations on the same block. Across Third Avenue is the new DoubleTree by Hilton. 
41. C.F. Reuschlein Jewelers clock, on 3rd Ave., across from Pullman Square. If anything signals both history and the air of change in Huntington, it is the C.F. Reuschlein Jewelers cast-iron clock. The large, four-faced clock, made in 1884, rests upon a Corinthian bronze column on the sidewalk in front of the new Reuschlein’s. The 4,000-pound clock was moved in April 2007 to the store’s new 3rd Avenue location.
Go back to Pullman, and take a rest on one of the benches near “Nexus” the 2014 Marshall bison sculpture by Brianna Jarvis that marked the dedication of the new Marshall University Visual Arts Center (VAC). Located across from Pullman, the $13 million facility was created from the bones of the former 1902-built historic Anderson-Newcomb Company Department Store. 

42. Pullman Square Murals at Marquee Cinemas, 900 block of 3rd Avenue. Walk to the escalator and take it up to Marquee Cinemas to check out the public art of Covington, Ky., artist Kevin T. Kelly. It took him and two assistants, 16 weeks to paint “The Pullman Square Project: Artificial Dissemination.” Check out even more local art at Pullman on the walls of Black Sheep Burrito and Brews, and The Inner Geek.

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