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Masonic Temple-Watts, Ritter, Wholesale Drygoods Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in West VirginiaShow map of West VirginiaLocation in United StatesShow map of the United States
Location	1108 Third Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°25′22″N 82°26′26″W / 38.4229°N 82.4405°W / 38.4229; -82.4405
Area	less than one acre
Built	1922
Built by	Moore Construction Co.
Architect	Mills, Wilbur T.
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	93000614
Added to NRHP	August 26, 1993

The Masonic Temple—Watts, Ritter, Wholesale Drygoods Company Building in Huntington, West Virginia, which has also been historically known as Watts, Ritter Wholesale Drygoods Company Building and more recently known as River Tower, is a commercial building. It is located at 1108 Third Avenue, in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built between 1914 and 1922 as a five-story brick building.

The building is constructed of steel-reinforced concrete with yellow and orange brick facing and terra cotta trim, with an additional two stories added in 1926. It originally housed a large wholesale business with a retail store on the first floor. The Watts, Ritter Wholesale Drygoods Company occupied the building until the firm's closing in 1959.

The building was listed in 1993 on the National Register of Historic Places as "Masonic Temple--Watts, Ritter, Wholesale Drygoods Company Building".

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cabell County, West Virginia

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Nancy Recchie (March 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ritter, Wholesale Drygoods Company Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.

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