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West Virginia Signs

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Mountaineer
Dry Cleaners [gone]
Beckley, WV		 Tammy's
Dry Cleaning
Williamson, WV		 General Glass
Company [gone]
Charleston, WV		 Fountain
Hobby Center
Charleston, WV

The Mountaineer Dry Cleaners and Tammy's Dry Cleaning feature a Martinizing Dry Cleaning signs. These signs were mass-produced and there are several others still on display around the country. These signs are probably from the 1950s. The Mountaineer Dry Cleaners sign was gone by 2018. The Tammy's Dry Cleaning store is gone but this sign remains. [Tammy's map]

The General Glass Company was established in 1944. This sign and building appeared to be from the 1950s. By 2018, the building was vacant and the sign was gone.

The Fountain Hobby Center opened in 1947. This sign was installed then. This photo is from 2012. In 2013, the owner was granted a variance from the city to restore the sign. It was refurbished and reinstalled in 2014. In 2016, the store closed. It sounds like the sign will stay. For more, see this website. [map]

More Beckley:
Beckley Loan Co.
Wash It Quick [gone]

Bluefield:
Mountaineer Family Entertainment [map]

Magic Dry Cleaners [gone]
Charleston, WV
Magic Dry Cleaners opened in 1948 and these signs are probably from then. These photos are from 2012. The signs were still there in 2015 but both were gone by 2017. For more, see this website.

More Charleston:
Young's Department Store

Turf Motel
Charles Town, WV		 Feagans Jewelers
Charles Town, WV		 Palace Center
Clarksburg, WV		 Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Clarksburg, WV
The Turf Motel was built in the early 1950s. Around 2018, the motel became a Rodeway Inn. However, the sign was saved and modified only slightly. The Dining Room & Lounge panel was changed to read Rodeway Inn & Suites, in neon. For more, see this website. [map]

Feagans Jewelers opened in 1953 and this is probably from then. For more, see this website. [map]

The Palace Center originally read "Palace Furniture". The furniture store opened in 1899 and closed in the early 1980s. The sign was adapted for this office building. [map]

This Independent Order of Odd Fellows sign might be from the 1930s or 1940s. [map]

More Clarksburg:
Byard Pharmacy [vintage; gone]
Rocky's Shoe Shop [gone]

Dyer's Drive-in
Cowen, WV
Dyer's Drive-in is now known as the Hilltop Diner but this sign remains. [map]

Elkins:
Dodd's Florist

S.M. Kisner & Sons [gone]
Fairmont, WV		 Elks Lodge
Fairmont, WV
S.M. Kisner & Sons was established in 1913. This sign was probably from the 1930s or 1940s. This photo is from 2012. By 2013, the business had closed and the sign was gone.

This Elks Lodge was built around 1925. This sign is probably from the 1950s. There was apparently a clock behind the Elk's head. I don't know if it was a functioning clock or if it just permanently read 11 o'clock like other Elks Lodge signs. [map]

Grafton:
Dairy Queen

Berdine's Five and Dime
Harrisville, WV		 Frederick Hotel
Huntington, WV
Berdine's Five and Dime opened in 1908 and is still in operation. This backlit glass sign is from around that time. [map]

The Frederick Hotel was built from 1905-1906. There were two huge hanging blade signs which are gone now. They were probably installed in the 1920s. In 2006, the hotel rooms were converted into apartments. This sign is probably from that renovation. It is lit at night. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Hinton:
Hub Clothing Co.

Camden Park
Huntington, WV		 Chandler's Plywood Products
Huntington, WV		 George H. Wright Company [gone]
Huntington, WV
The Camden Park sign is from the late 1940s or early 1950s. There was a smaller neon sign of a roller skating woman where the message board is now. It was removed when the skating rink burned down in 1996. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Chandler's Plywood Products was established in 1935. This sign is probably from the 1950s. The red part of the sign read "Plywood Products" originally. This photo is from 2012. By 2012, the red panel had been replaced with a new backlit plastic panel. For more, see this website. [map]

The George H. Wright Company men's clothing store appeared to still be in business when this photo was taken in 2012. This sign might be from the 1950s. Around 2016, the store moved and the sign disappeared.

More Huntington:
Greyhound

Keyser:
Masonic Lodge [map]

Martinsburg:
VFW
Westphal Hose Co. 5

Morgantown
Florist [gone]
Morgantown, WV		 Masonic Lodge
Mount Hope, WV

The Morgantown Florist was long gone when this photo was taken in 2012 but the sign remained. By 2014, it was gone.

This Masonic Lodge sign in Mount Hope is probably from the 1950s or earlier. [map]

Mullens:
Peerless Laundry

Clay's Smoke
Smoke [gone]
Oak Hill, WV		 Masonic Temple [gone]
Parkersburg, WV
The Clay's Smoke House sign was probably from the 1940s or 1950s. It was gone by 2021.

This Masonic Temple in Parkersburg was built in 1903. This sign was probably from the 1950s. It was gone by 2018.

More Parkersburg:
Coca-Cola Building

Ford Tractor [gone]
Seneca Rocks, WV		 Minnich's
Flowers and Gifts
Webster Springs, WV		 Hotel & Restaurant
Webster Springs, WV
This Ford Tractor sign was installed on the abandoned Seneca Motor Company building. I don't know if Ford tractors were ever sold here or if this sign was just installed as decoration long after the dealership closed. The sign was gone by 2022. For more, see this website.

Minnich's Flowers and Gifts is still in business. This sign is probably from the 1950s or earlier. [map]

This unidentified Hotel & Restaurant is gone. This sign appears to be from the 1930s. Does anyone know what the hotel's name was? [map]

Weirton:
DiCarlo's Pizza

Wheeling:
Buch and Donovan Drugs [gone]
Marsh Wheeling Stogies

Williamson:
WV State Police [map]

More West Virginia:
various theatres

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