Ritter Arcade
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Huntington Arcade
1925, Leete and Maupin, engineers. 941–943 4th Ave. (south side of 4th Ave. between First Huntington National Bank and Keith-Albee Theatre)
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(West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division) -
(West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)
Behind an altogether undistinguished facade, this wonderful civic amenity features a broad passageway flanked by shops on two levels. It is a particularly ebullient example of a nearly vanished downtown American building type, and the sole example remaining in West Virgina. Colorful terra-cotta panels with griffins and rinceau ornament highlight the arcaded firstfloor level, and Tudor shields march above broad rectangular openings on the second floor. An expansive segmental-arched skylight supported on latticed iron girders provides ample light.
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