05/14/2026
🪴Calling all Paden City history lovers, storytellers, and memory keepers 🪴
As work continues on restoring and touching up the historic Main Street mural in town, more information is being gathered about the businesses and buildings originally painted into it. Old photographs, memories, visual details, stories, or even tiny pieces of local “lore” are especially being searched for about places such as:
• Michael’s Ice Cream Parlor
• The old Esso Service Station
• Meek’s Place
• Heedy’s Beer
• Huffman’s Paints
• Other downtown storefronts and upstairs apartments from the 1950s era
Progress has recently begun on the downtown buildings section of the mural, making this the perfect time to gather more references and community memories before moving further into the details. The goal of this project is to restore and refresh the mural while staying as faithful as possible to the original artist’s design and layout. Some of the building perspectives and proportions in the original painting were already stylized or slightly imperfect, so care is being taken to preserve the mural’s original character while also cleaning it up and helping it feel fresh again! Even the smallest memory could help bring the mural back to life in a more meaningful and accurate way. It is hoped that this restoration feels connected to the people who actually remember these places and stories!!
Please feel free to comment with photos, memories, names, corrections, or anything else you may remember or message privately if preferred. Some of the lettering and details on the mural have faded over time, so any help correctly identifying businesses and visual details would be truly appreciated.
Thank you so much for helping preserve little pieces of Paden City history! 🪴