UPDATED: 7-22-2012 |
PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA: A VINTAGE PORTRAIT
CORNER OF FIFTH & JULIANA STREETS
First Methodist Church was built on the northeast corner in 1874 and razed in 1911. | Looking northwest toward the Post Office at the turn of the century. |
Looking eastward on Fifth across Juliana toward First Methodist Church on the northeast corner and, beyond it, the City Building at Fifth and Market. (Photo courtesy of Dan Kemper.) |
Looking west toward the Ohio River. The 1872 B&O railroad bridge is visible, but the Parkersburg-Belpre bridge would not be built until 1914. The Post Office & Custom House is on the left. |
Looking north on Juliana during the 1913 flood. The Post Office is on the left. |
The Trinity Church on Juliana during the 1913 flood. |
Looking west on Fifth from Juliana during the 1913 flood.
Looking north toward the intersection
during the late January 1937 flood.
Looking toward Sixth Street from Fifth and Juliana
during the January 1937 flood.
Dudley Florists, next to the Methodist church,
on the northeast corner.
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