This large Building on the corner of 2200 Main Street was a favorite building of mine when I was young because not only was it the Wonder Bakery, but they were also the company that distributed the Hostess Cup Cakes.
This building had a more-in-depth history than I knew as you will see from the photographs. There was a bakery located in that same location way back, and it is depicted by this Illustrated type image.
The Stroehmann Vienna Bakery apparently was there when we had horse and buggies.
Enjoy the photographs.
It has been a passion of mine to showcase and preserve Wheeling’s rich history with this series of historic photographs that briefly highlight a business or building that is “Gone Forever” from the fabric of life in Wheeling life and the Upper Ohio Valley.
I hope with this series I will be able to show the large amount of industry and businesses that thrived here in the early 1930s and 1940s, attracting people from many countries and all walks of life who all helped to make Wheeling the greatest city in West Virginia.
If you have suggestions on a favorite business or location that is gone please submit that to me at cre8m@comcast.net I will do my best to search out and tell that story.
James Thornton has published several volumes of history on the city of Wheeling, and those interested in purchasing one of them can do so by contacting him at cre8m@comcast.net or visit the Creative Impressions website. The books can be purchased at the Wheeling Heritage Center, Kroger on Mount de Chantal Road, Miklas Meat Market, Nail City Records, the UPS Store in the Washington Avenue Plaza, VC Wares at Centre Market, Bower’s Decorating at The Highlands, and on the website www.wheelinghistory.net.
