Daniel Boone Hotel  1954

See larger photo HERE

The Daniel Boone Hotel was at one time, Charleston's finest hotel.  Every famous person who ever visited Charleston (including Elvis) always stayed at the Daniel Boone.  The hotel was opened in 1929 and the manager was the well known Roger Creel.   These photos however are about the removal of unsightly power lines in downtown Charleston. In the photo above, you see the mess of wires that were not only unsightly, but exposed to the elements whereby power outages were common.  An interesting note to all photos of this era is the one stoplight at every intersection.  Today, there are usually 8 stoplights per intersection,.

 

Photo showing the removal of the power pole.

A much more attractive street.  Traffic lights now moved to the corners.

I like this photo because it shows the gas station across the street from the Daniel Boone.  That appears to be a Pure Oil station just like the one at 5 Corners on the West Side.  J.C. Penny would later be built on that spot.

Photos courtesy of AEP

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