Our Town

This is a birdseye view of Davis this Autumn taken from the southeast. The new WV32 bridge and the Shop-n-Save grocery is in the foreground. William Avenue is Davis' main street, named after one of its founder's sons. The large stone building at the left is Davis' most prominent old structure -- originally the National Bank of Davis. At the turn of the century the train station would have been visible just short of the bank building, where you see the low roofs of the abandoned motel. North of William is Thomas, also named after a son. The small houses along Thomas are mostly built in the early 1900's through 1920's, replacing the federal-style box-shaped and often adjoined buildings that originally lined Thomas. The photo was taken by Ludovic Moore.