Why is Beltline Avenue named Beltline? In order to expedite access to rail service, directors of the Charlestown Mining, Manufacturing, and improvement Company had a rail line (known as a belt line) built along what is now Beltline Avenue which . . . — — Map (db m249903) HM
This Romanesque Revival building built by Julius C. Holmes in 1891 was the headquarters for the Charlestown Mining, Manufacturing & Improvement Company. The owners hoped to create an industrial center in the Eastern Panhandle.
But due to the . . . — — Map (db m249895) HM
In the early spring of 1891, the Goetz Harness and Collar Factory became the second business to agree to set up shop in Ranson. A. D. [Adam Drinkhouse] Goetz, a harness maker considered to be one of the few expert leather men of the world, was . . . — — Map (db m249904) HM
In 1893 Elmer E. Beachley purchased property bordered by Powhatan Brass & Iron and North George Street. He built a two-story building facing Beltline where he operated a Sash Factory & Planing Mill. Unfortunately, by 1896 Beachley's factory was . . . — — Map (db m249902) HM
The house was constructed by John C. Heinz in 1924 and 1925. Heinz sold the property to Samuel C. Heinz in September of 1924, and the deed specifically mentions the house "under construction."
The house style, known as “The . . . — — Map (db m107549) HM
In January 1891 a foundry owned by Boonton Brass and Iron Works of Boonton, New Jersey relocated to Charles Town. They broke ground on January 6th, and seven weeks later "the steam was turned on." The new foundry was built on a four-acre parcel . . . — — Map (db m249901) HM
A distinguished clergyman, humanitarian, and civic leader in the community. Bishop Baltimore served as Senior Bishop & General President of the King’s Apostle Holiness Church of God, Inc. He was Pastor of The Baltimore Temple Church for 51 . . . — — Map (db m2030) HM
In the years after World War I, the US began switching over from horses and mules to automobiles and none suffered more in the transition than the Goetz Harness Factory. By the start of World War II, the factory had ceased production and the . . . — — Map (db m249905) HM
