This quiet, 800-square-foot, two-bedroom apartment on two floors faces the garden. The bottom floor has a large living room with hardwood floors and three tall windows, and a spacious kitchen with modern appliances, including a dishwasher and washer and dryer. The top floor has two bedrooms with original, painted hardwood floors. The bathroom features an all-new pinwheel tile floor, a tiled shower with dual, vintage-style showerheads, and a refurbished vintage sink with a vintage-style faucet. The apartment is unfurnished. The rent is $950 a month, including heat and water.
Available from January 1
Beautiful one-bedroom apartment available from January 1. The east-facing living room features original wainscoting and windows overlooking the garden. Original doors with transom windows and hardwood floors throughout preserve the apartment’s turn-of-the-century charm. The kitchen, which has windows facing east and south, features all-new appliances, including a dishwasher. The bathroom has an all-new tile floor, a refurbished vintage sink, and a tiled shower with a vintage-style showerhead and hand shower. The spacious bedroom has large, south-facing windows. The apartment is unfurnished. The rent is $650 a month, including heat and water.
Apartment available for rent from December 1
Quiet, 800-square-foot, two-bedroom apartment on two floors with a view of the garden available for rent from December 1! The bottom floor has a large living room with hardwood floors and three tall windows, and a spacious kitchen with modern appliances, including a dishwasher and washer and dryer. The top floor has two bedrooms with original, painted hardwood floors. The bathroom features an all-new pinwheel tile floor, a tiled shower with dual showerheads, and a refurbished vintage sink with a vintage-style faucet. The apartment is unfurnished. The rent is $900 a month, including heat and water. More photos here, under the heading "Apartment 1": www.172sprucest.com/apt
Richard Branson to build a hyperloop test site in Tucker County
I'm sure you've heard the news by now: Richard Branson is building a Virgin Hyperloop Certification Center in Tucker County, West Virginia (where the town of Thomas is located) to test and finetune the hyperloop technology. The idea is to create a high-speed transportation system to send pod-like capsules inside tubes at speeds of more than 600 miles per hour. This photo is from the road to Mount Storm, close to the future Hyperloop test site.
100-year old soda bottle
The Milkint family, who built the building at 172 Spruce Street in Thomas, WV sometime between 1903 and 1910, also owned the bottling facility two doors down, which later became the Royal Crown Cola bottling facility. This glass bottle from the fabulous @ellaandcompanywv (coolest store in Thomas!) has the original Milkint name.
A long history
The building at 172 Spruce Street in Thomas, WV was built by a Lithuanian immigrant called Charles Milkint. I've been doing some research on the Milkint family, and I found that Charles Milkint (born 1859) and his wife Elizabeth Varatinskis (born 1860) came to New York, NY from Lithuania in 1889, together with their sons John and Tony, who were four and two years old at the time. Three more sons, Joseph, Charles Jr. and Peter, and two daughters, Annie and Elizabeth, were born in the United States. By the time the youngest child, Elizabeth, was born in 1904 the family had arrived in Thomas, WV. They built the building on 172 Spruce Street sometime between 1903 and 1910; most records indicate 1905 as the building year. In the 1910 census, Charles is listed as being a “Dry Goods Merchant,” and his sons John and Charles, Jr. are listed as “Merchant at a Dry Goods Store" and “Clerk,” respectively. By 1930 census, John is listed as owning the store and his brothers Tony and Joseph are listed as working at the store. They are all listed as living at the address, along with two other families. Other records refer to the “Milkint Bros,” which appear to be John, Tony, and Joseph. Charles, Jr. is listed in later census as owning an automotive repair shop, which was the Milkint Garage at the other end of Spruce Street. The original business licenses are still tacked to the wall in the retail space and they show that the general store stayed in business up until the mid-1960s.
Two-bedroom apartment for rent!
The last of the long-term apartments is now finished! This quiet, 800-square-foot, two-bedroom apartment on two floors faces the garden. The bottom floor has a large living room with hardwood floors and three tall windows, and a spacious kitchen with modern appliances, including a dishwasher and washer and dryer. The top floor has two bedrooms with original, painted hardwood floors. The bathroom features an all-new pinwheel tile floor, a tiled shower with dual, vintage-style showerheads, and a refurbished vintage sink with a vintage-style faucet. The apartment is unfurnished. The rent is $900 a month, including heat and water.
Retail space for rent!
This beautiful 1,000-square-foot commercial space is now available for rent in Thomas, WV. We dare to say this is the best-preserved turn-of-the-century commercial space in downtown Thomas. Perfect for any retail business, the space features original built-in shelves and counters on three walls, 14-foot ceilings and original hardwood floors throughout, a 1901 stove as a centerpiece, and original display windows. The space served as a general store from 1905 up until the mid-1960s. It then sat empty for almost half a century, until we bought the building in 2016 and started renovating the two retail units and the apartments above. Since the restoration, this space has hosted several events and served as a gift shop. Next door is a wonderful play store called Ranger Jane's with toys and games for all ages. The rent is $1000 a month, including utilities. Please help spread the word! For more information, contact us through this page: http://www.172sprucest.com/contact
Fall's here!
Fall's here! We’ve enjoyed a fall break of picking apples, mushrooms, and berries in the woods around Thomas.
Wonderful summer memories
Spotting some crayfish in a small forest stream close to Thomas.
