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Beechmont Mall

Constructed in 1969 as an enclosed shopping mall in eastern Cincinnati, 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.

Best Western Gateway Hotel

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.

Book Cadillac Hotel

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.

Buccaneer Drive-In

Once located just north of Richmond, Kentucky on U.S. Route 25, the Buccaneer Drive-In closed in the mid-1990s.

Cincinnati Mills

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.

Crestview Hills Mall

Opened in 1981 to much fanfare, Crestview Hills Mall never developed into a true regional mall and was never filled to capacity. It was demolished in 2005 in favor of a lifestyle center.

East Hills Mall

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.

Farmers Bank

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.

Friars' Club

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.

F.W. Woolworth

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.

Hillside Nursing Home

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.

Hotel West Virginian

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.

Jas S. Wilson & Sons Kentucky Bluegrass Seed

Kanawha Hotel

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.

Kyova Mall

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.

Lafayette Building

Lee Plaza

Lexington Mall

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.

Millard Field Building

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.

McNeel Mill

Operating from 1865 to 1945, the McNeel Mill has been restored to its former glory and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Memorial Hall

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.

Palisades Adventures

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.

Ro-Na Theater

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.

Russell Railyards YMCA

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.

Sweet Springs Resort

Originally opened as a health resort, the Sweet Springs Resort was later known as a sanatorium, hospital, and towards the end of its active life, a nursing home and drug treatment center.

Vernon Manor

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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