This site look familiar? It should. Today, the Benedum Civic Center sits on this location. This photo, believed to be from the early 1950s, shows Weber's Home Lunch located there. The building is actually the old Benedum House, where Michael Benedum was born in 1869. Later in the 1950s, the Civic Center that still stands ws built. Note to the far right is a stone marker placed in 1835 to show the mileage in building the Northwest Virginia Turnpike. The marker is still there today.

 

Editor's Note: This ongoing photo feature of pictures from Bridgeport and throughout the Mountain State is part of local historian Richard "Dick" Duez's collection. , the unofficial historian of Bridgeport, would appreciate any scanned photos emailed to him for use here or to include in his ongoing effortsDuez to preserve local history. You can email photos, or let him know how to acquire copies of photos you may have in your possession, to Duez at dickdo@citynet.net.