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Kanawha Blvd at Capitol Street Circa 1911  On the left, Kanawha Valley bank. On the right, the eight-story "Terminal Building" which was originally the National City Bank built in 1910, and is still there today. In 1893, John Q. Dickinson chose to invest in a substantial new
building, five floors on Front Street (now Kanawha Boulevard) with an
elaborate stone and brick facade and turret. The move was a statement of
confidence to the business community and to the swarm of speculators
coming to West Virginia with the boom in timber, coal, and oil and gas. A month before the stock market crash of 1929, John L. Dickinson moved
his bank into new quarters on the former site of the capitol of West
Virginia. The 20-story building, the tallest and most prestigious
business address in the state for many years, remains a Charleston
landmark.
* *  This is looking in the opposite direction. The bank is on the right now. |