Avenue
"A"
Enlarged
version of above picture is located at the Wesbanco Bank on Penco Road
in Weirton.
This photo was originally a photo postcard purchased by Dennis Jones
for the Weirton Area History
Game. It shows the lower portion of Avenue "A" below 4th
Street and looking up toward Main St.
and County Road at very top. The Greek Church was not built
yet, telling us that this picture was
taken before 1918. The little church is most likely the
original St. Peter and Paul Church used by
the Catholics before they separated into the Sacred Heart of Mary
Church and St. Paul's Church.
This little church on Avenue A was then used by the Morning Star
Baptist Church after the Catholics
moved. Note the gas lamp (lower right side) and the board walks.