Region 6 - West Virginia Department of Commerce

Regional Highlights• The State Capitol (Charleston), an architectural gem by CassGilbert, boasts an interior of four different types of marbleand an exterior of buff Indiana limestone; the 293 foot domeatop the Capitol is five feet higher than the dome of the U.S.Capitol and in fall 2005, the dome was restored to Gilbert’soriginal two-tone concept of lead gray paint and gold leafdetails• Mountain Stage, a two-hour radio show recorded before alive audience in Charleston, features national and internationalacts in almost every style of music• Booker T. Washington’s house in the tiny hamlet of Malden,also world-renowned for its quilt co-operative Cabin CreekQuilts• The Clay Center, a world-class arts and sciences center withsymphony/theater hall and planetarium in downtownCharleston• Mothman Museum (Point Pleasant), celebrating the legendof The Mothman, which was made into a feature filmstarring Richard Gere and Laura Linney based on the novelby John A. Keel• Greyhound racing, entertainment, and fine dining at Tri-StateRace Track and Gaming Center (Nitro/Cross Lanes)• Capitol Center Theater, a former vaudeville and still operatingmovie palace in Charleston on the National HistoricalRegister (owned by West Virginia State University)• Home to three film festivals: WV International Film Festival(Charleston), Appalachian Film Festival (Huntington), andanother International Film Festival as part of the MarshallArtists Series (Huntington)• Civil War era stone wine cellars carved from the side of amountain now housed at Dutch Hollow Park (Dunbar)• Museum of Radio and Technology (Huntington), the largestmuseum of its kind in the eastern U.S.• Touma Museum of Medicine (Huntington), showcasing oddcollections of medical items, such as one of world’s largestcollections of antique ear trumpets• Keith-Albee movie palace in downtown Huntington• Blenko Glass Company, one of last remaining “AmericanHandBlown” glass companies and was first U.S. companyto produce mouth-blown sheet glass• Heritage Farm Museum & Village, preserves and recreatesAppalachian heritage and culture• Jenkins Plantation Museum, historic home of BrigadierGeneral Albert Gallatin Jenkins, C.S.A., built ca. 1835, listedon National Historical Register, and adjacent to GreenbottomWildlife Management Area• Home to the campuses of Marshall University, University ofCharleston, West Virginia State University, and WVU Instituteof TechnologyProduction Credits — Made inRegion 3• 2006, WE ARE MARSHALL, Warner Bros. (Huntington,Cabell County; Ceredo, Wayne County)• 2003, WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON!, DreamWorksLLC (Fayetteville, Fayette County; Grandview, RaleighCounty; along Kanawha River/London Locks, KanawhaCounty)Cities & TownsCABELL COUNTY: Barboursville, Culloden, Huntington(county seat), Lesage, Milton, Ona, Salt RockKANAWHA COUNTY: Alum Creek, Belle, Big Chimney, Blount,Blue Creek, Burnwell, Cabin Creek, Carbon, Cedar Grove,Charleston (county seat), Chesapeake, Clendenin, Corton,Cross Lanes, Crown Hill, Dawes, Decota, Diamond,Drybranch, Dunbar, East Bank, Elkview, Eskdale, Falling Rock,Frame, Gallagher, Glasgow, Handley, Hansford, Hernshaw,Hugheston, Institute, Jefferson, Kayford, Leewood, London,Mahan, Malden, Mammoth, Marmet, Miami, Montgomery,Nitro, Ohley, Pinch, Pond Gap, Pratt, Quick, Quincy, SaintAlbans, Sharon, Shrewsbury, Sissonville, Smithers, SouthCharleston, Spring Hill, Tad, Tornado, Whittaker, WinifredeMASON COUNTY: Apple Grove, Arbuckle, Ashton, Clifton,Gallipolis Ferry, Glenwood, Grimms Landing, Hartford,Hartford City, Henderson, Lakin, Leon, Letart, Mason, NewHaven, Point Pleasant (county seat), Robertsburg, Southside,West ColumbiaPUTNAM COUNTY: Bancroft, Buffalo, Eleanor, FraziersBottom, Hometown, Hurricane, Lanham, Liberty, Nitro, Pliny,Poca, Red House, Scott Depot, Teays, Winfield (county seat)Interstate Welcome CenterCABELL COUNTY• Interstate 64 Eastbound Welcome Center, Huntington, 304-522-1062Chambers of CommerceCABELL COUNTY• Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce, Huntington,304-525-5131, huntingtonchamber.orgKANAWHA COUNTY• Charleston Regional Chamber of Commerce and Development,Charleston, 304-340-4253,www.charlestonareaalliance.org• Upper Kanawha Valley Chamber of Commerce, Montgomery,304-442-5756• St. Albans Area Chamber of Commerce, St. Albans, 304-727-7251, www.stalbanswv.com31