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Taylor Books is the last independent bookstore in the state capital city. Intrinsically, it became West Virginia's main venue for author talks. Past speakers include William Brewer, [7] Tony Caridi, [8] and Stephen King. [9] The bookstore includes an Annex Gallery, a café, and pottery studio in the basement. [10]
Media related to Downtown Charleston Historic District at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-218, "Gates Building, 108 Capitol Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV", 2 photos, 1 color transparency, 2 data pages, 2 photo caption pages; The Scottish Rite of Charleston, West Virginia
Woodrums' Building, also known as Woodrum Home Outfitting Co. building, is a historic commercial building located at Charleston, West Virginia, United States. It is a six-story commercial building located in the central business district of Charleston. The property consists of an original commercial structure built in 1916 and a rear addition ...
Kanawha County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Charleston, West Virginia. It is located across from the Charleston City Hall, and is a block-long structure constructed in 1892 of rock-face masonry. It is noteworthy for its picturesque massing and precise Richardsonian Romanesque design.
Charleston City Hall, West Virginia, in 2009. Charleston functions has a mayor-council form of city government. The mayor is the city's designated chief executive, with the duty to see that all city laws and ordinances are enforced. The mayor gives general supervision over all executive departments, offices, and agencies of the city government ...
William MacLeod Raine (June 22, 1871 – July 25, 1954) was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West. Raine circa 1902. Raine's novel Men in the Raw appeared in The Argosy in 1915.
In 1949, The Diamond completed a $1,250,000 (~$12.7 million in 2023) expansion and modernization project which included five elevators and a set of escalators that reached from the basement "Budget Store" to the fifth floor. The Diamond eventually became West Virginia's largest department store with 180,000 square feet (17,000 m 2) of space ...
Charleston Municipal Auditorium is a public auditorium in Charleston, West Virginia, as part of the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center. It was constructed in 1939 and is a large monolithic concrete and steel structure, situated in the southwestern section of Charleston's central business district .