Hunt's Restaurant at Walnut and Spruce Streets, Morgantown, W. Va.

Identifier:

039491

Collection Number:

A&M 3595

Title:

Hunt's Restaurant at Walnut and Spruce Streets, Morgantown, W. Va.

Date:

1920

Description:

John Hunt was one of the first African American's to operate a restaurant in Morgantown, West Virginia. He opened a restaurant under the Commercial Hotel in 1892 located across from the courthouse on High Street. He also operated an Ice Cream Factory. Information on p. 40,99 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Reproduced from the John H. Hunt family photos, held by WVU Women's Centenary Project, Center for Women's Study Archive. Original Loaned by Virginia Hunt Chandler.

Acquisition Source:

Rice, Connie

Acquisition Method:

Gift

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView