Westmoreland Homes for Rent

While Huntington modernizes, Westmoreland has stayed in a preservationist bubble, partly because it's in a different county from the rest of the city. For over 100 years, it's been home to industrial workers and local business owners. Today, Westmoreland is more residential than it once was, but not much else has changed. The community has kept its characteristic Old World feeling, with preserved 20th-century homes and landmarks like Camden Park, one of America's oldest continuously operating trolley parks (aka amusement park). "You've got a Huntington address, but you're in Wayne County, so it's kind of on the cusp there. And the thing about Westmoreland is you can be in Kentucky, Ohio or you can be in Huntington, West Virginia, in minutes," says Realtor Vineta Maynard of Realty Exchange. "There's more of a family community, and you're not far from some nice restaurants and shopping." Westmoreland's 20th-century charm is largely preserved in its brick streets and assortment of architectural styles common in former streetcar suburbs. Craftsman cottages, American Foursquares and Colonial Revival homes often sell for $100,000 to $175,000. In the second half of the century, as