{"id":14357,"date":"2013-12-02T00:17:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T00:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=14357"},"modified":"2013-12-02T14:52:07","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T14:52:07","slug":"featured-fade-nick-hirshon-w-h-smith-hardware-co-wholesale-since-1874-oil-gas-museum-parkersburg-wv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2013\/12\/02\/featured-fade-nick-hirshon-w-h-smith-hardware-co-wholesale-since-1874-oil-gas-museum-parkersburg-wv\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Fade – Nick Hirshon – W.H. Smith Hardware Co – Wholesale Since 1874 – Oil & Gas Museum – Parkersburg, WV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Found some ghost signs for you in West Virginia, @FadingAd<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/LXr9GDEPY5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick Hirshon (@nickhirshon) November 30, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s another ghost sign for you @FadingAd<\/a>. Out in Parkersburg, WV. pic.twitter.com\/3bbFaWyU18<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick Hirshon (@nickhirshon) November 30, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Lumbering, Tackle, Chain Dog. ??? Grayscale- CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE \u00a9 Nick Hirshon<\/p><\/div>\n

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Men of West Virginia, 1903 – \u00a9 Google Books<\/p><\/div>\n

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W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building<\/b>, also known as the\u00a0Oil and Gas Museum<\/b>\u00a0of the Oil, Gas and Industrial Historical Association, is a historic commercial building located at\u00a0Parkersburg,\u00a0Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1899, on the foundation of a building built about 1874. It is a four-story, masonry building with\u00a0Romanesque Revival\u00a0architectural details. The rectangular building measure 60 feet by 120 feet, with an 18 feet by 12 feet outcrop. It housed the W.H. Smith Hardware Company until the 1980s. It now houses the Oil and Gas Museum.\u00a0It was listed on the\u00a0National Register of Historic Places\u00a0in 2003.<\/em>\u00a0– Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

W.H. Smith Company was founded in 1886 by William H. Smith and for decades occupied the W.H. Smith Hardware building in downtown Parkersburg. In 1975 Vin Rathbone purchased the company from William A. Smith and in the 1980s moved the company to its current location on DuPont Road in Parkersburg. \u00a0W.H.Smith Company, a certified small business, has a proud history dating back more than 135 years – and is a leader in producing Hose Assemblies and Systems and Load Securing and Material Handling Products, primarily for military applications. We provide value added services including assembly, light fabrication, welding, painting and testing.\u00a0–\u00a0<\/em>WH Smith Co. Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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