Constructed in 1969 as an enclosed shopping mall in eastern Cincinnati, Ohio, the mall flourished as the suburbs blossomed towards Interstate 275. The center stagnated in the late 1980s and 1990s due to increased competition from other malls, and was demolished in 2003. It has been replaced with Anderson Towne Center, an open-air shopping center.
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The Best Western Gateway Hotel is a now-demolished facility in Barboursville, West Virginia. It consisted of over 250 rooms, a restaurant and a conference center along U.S. Route 60.
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Located at the corner of State Street and Washington Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan, the Book-Cadillac Hotel was completed in December 1924 after 17 months of construction and at a cost of $14 million. The hotel was named for Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, a French fur trader who founded Detroit. The hotel declined during the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s. New ownership helped restore the vitality of the hotel post-World War II. The hotel flourished until the 1960s, until much of the city's middle- and upper-class fled the city after the violent race riots. The hotel later became a Radisson, before closing entirely in 1984. In the fall of 2008, the Book Cadillac reopened as a four-star Westin Book Cadillac Detroit.
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Seemingly doomed from its start as Forest Fair Mall, Cincinnati Mills has been positioned and repositioned as a high-end regional mall, an outlet center, and a retail and entertainment complex. Today, the mall struggles with tenant closures despite having a few successful outlots and anchors.
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Opened in 1981 to much fanfare, Crestview Hills Mall near Fort Wright, Kentucky never developed into a true regional mall and was never filled to capacity. It was demolished in 2005 in favor of a lifestyle center.
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The East Hills Mall was a small shopping center along U.S. Route 60 east of Huntington, West Virginia. It opened in the early 1960s.
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Established by William F. Heathman, Heathman constructed the Farmers Bank in Clintonville, Kentucky in 1903. The modest one-story building, facing Kentucky State Route 57, closed in the 1920s.
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The Foundry at South Strabane is a closed 575,000 square foot shopping center near Washington, Pennsylvania along U.S. Route 19. The retail center was built in 2007 but closed in 2008 due to soil settling issues.
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The Cincinnati, Ohio Friars Club is a non-profit social service organization that is dedicated to serving at-risk and disadvantaged children through organized sports, activity, nutrition and fitness. It's Clifton Heights location was demolished in 2010 in favor of a student housing complex.
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The F.W. Woolworth five-and-dime store was a fixture in downtown Lexington, Kentucky from 1901 to 1990, when the store closed due to depressing downtown retail conditions. The building has since been demolished.
The Robinson Grand Theatre, located at 444 West Pike Street in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia, is an architectural landmark that is currently abandoned. The exterior features a Neo-Gothic facade with touches of Classical design, with a dark red brick and terra-cotta facade.
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Constructed in 1911 as an 135-seat vaudeville house on St. Clair Street in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, the Grand Theatre was later wired for "talkies" in the late 1920s. In 1940, the theater expanded with a 600-seat expansion to the back of the original theater which became the primary entrance, and the renovation was completed in the art-deco style. The Grand Theatre closed in 1966.
Hillside Nursing Home featured 67 certified and licensed beds spread amongst two structures in Cincinnati, Ohio. Oakside was constructed in 1909 at 3539 Eden Avenue, while Parkside was constructed in 1960 at 230 Forest Avenue.
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The Hotel West Virginian, only an earshot from the famous Greenbrier Resort in White Water Springs, West Virginia, was demolished despite a promise that it was to be renovated.
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Constructed in 1903, the Kanawha Hotel served as Charleston, West Virginia's premier hotel until 1965. It once housed three sitting presidents, and was the headquarters of John F. Kennedy's 1960 primary campaign, later being used from the 1960s to 1997 as the site of West Virginia's Job Corps. Post-closure, the hotel was slated to be restored into a boutique hotel, however, after five years, funding for the plan failed and the former Kanawha Hotel was demolished.
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Poorly managed from its inception in the late-1980s, the Kyova Mall in Boyd County, Kentucky suffered the loss of two anchors and the majority of its stores before a new, local management took over the property and conducted minor renovations.
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Constructed in 1975 on the grounds of the Ellerslie estate, the Lexington Mall was Lexington, Kentucky's second indoor mall after Turfland. Due to increased competition from the Fayette Mall, and a lack of general maintenance, the mall closed in 2005.
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Operating from 1865 to 1945, the McNeel Mill in West Virginia has been restored to its former glory and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Memorial Hall is an abandoned memorial to Civil War veterans that was completed in 1892 in Ironton, Ohio. Gutted by fire in 1905, it was rebuilt and later served as a library, city hall and jail before closing in 1995.
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A mostly shuttered shopping center in Man, West Virginia.
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Once a thriving department store in Ashland, Kentucky, the Millard F. Field Building fell into disrepair after the Sears Department Store moved to a much larger location in Cedar Knoll Galleria in 1990.
The Palisades, with their sheer limestone cliffs and majestic overlooks, line the Kentucky River west of Versailles, Kentucky. A tourist operation once catered to the pleasure boaters but has long been abandoned.
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The Ro-Na Theater opened in 1949 in downtown Ironton, Ohio, and featured intricate murals of local history along with first-run movies before closing and becoming an auto parts store. It was abandoned in the 1980s and is now being restored.
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Once an important overnight stop that included a restaurant and lounges for many railroad workers that were employed with the many rail lines in the area, the Russell, Kentucky Railyards YMCA became shuttered as a result of modernization and the downsizing of the railroad industry.
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Originally opened as a health resort, the Sweet Springs Resort in West Virginia was later known as a sanatorium, hospital, and towards the end of its active life, a nursing home and drug treatment center.
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The Tahquamenon Artesian Well Water Company is located along Main Street in McMillian, Michigan. Constructed as the McMillian School, the building was later used for the Tahquamenon Artesian Well Water Company. It is currently for sale.
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The Vernon Manor, constructed in 1924 and modeled after the Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, England, was one of the premier hotels in Cincinnati, Ohio. Located on one of Cincinnati's famous Seven Hills, the Manor offered an escape from the bustling downtown and riverfront and had a reputation for being "the place to stay" for musicians visiting or performing in the city.
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The Waldo Hotel is a defunct hotel in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia. Constructed from 1901 to 1904, the Waldo became one of the state's most luxurious. It was later well recognized for its lavish weddings, social events and political gatherings.
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Washington Mall is a struggling indoor shopping center in Washington, Pennsylvania, and is located along U.S. Route 19 at the junction with Interstates 70 and 79.
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