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Narrow Eight Foot Wide Charleston Structure Becomes Totten Jewelry
A two story brick building at 717 Virginia St. E in Charleston measures eight feet one inch wide and houses Totten Jewelry Store. Built about 50 years ago to fill an alley, it was crafted by the late Judge Cyrus Hall Sr. The site once hosted a cigar factory and later a barber shop and hat shop before Totten leased it in 1940. The second floor serves as a storeroom for the shop now owned by Judge Hall’s widow.
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James A. Haught
the Gazette
Virginia St. E
Charleston
Totten
E. N. Totten
Cyrus Hall
Judge Hall
Intermediate Court
Cyrus W. Hall Jr
Kanawha County
A&a
Judge Halls
W. Hall
Kanawha Blvd
Gazette