Today in Wheeling History: May 29--The Hub Clothier Department Store, owned by Wheeling businessman Moses Sonneborn, opened at the northeast corner of 14th and Market streets (1891).
The Hub Department Store, owned by Wheeling businessman Moses Sonneborn, opened on May 29, 1891, at the northeast corner of 14th and Market Streets (1324-30 Market Street). In 1913, the store expanded by purchasing the adjacent Hill and Richards property on the Chapline Street side of the block, razing the building, and erecting a new four-floor building that joined the original Market Street store, creating a "thoroughfare from Market to Chapline streets."
Between 1914 and 1915, an annex called the Sonneborn Building (more commonly known today as King's Jewelers) was added next door to the Market Street storefront. The Hub served the Wheeling area for 75 years before closing in 1966. Today, the site where The Hub once stood is a parking lot.
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Photo credits: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling WV
The Hub Department Store, owned by Wheeling businessman Moses Sonneborn, opened on May 29, 1891, at the northeast corner of 14th and Market Streets (1324-30 Market Street). In 1913, the store expanded by purchasing the adjacent Hill and Richards property on the Chapline Street side of the block, razing the building, and erecting a new four-floor building that joined the original Market Street store, creating a "thoroughfare from Market to Chapline streets."
Between 1914 and 1915, an annex called the Sonneborn Building (more commonly known today as King's Jewelers) was added next door to the Market Street storefront. The Hub served the Wheeling area for 75 years before closing in 1966. Today, the site where The Hub once stood is a parking lot.
To learn more: (https://tinyurl.com/43h8akeu) (https://tinyurl.com/yz4ajwcc) (https://tinyurl.com/2dmyf28v) (https://tinyurl.com/4vveez98)
Photo credits: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling WV
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