Why Silver Moon III?

Since the 19th Century, specifically 1883, the building has been the home to various incarnations, or “stages" of the Silver Moon. When the building, known as the “Milligan Block" was first commissioned by the Milligan family in the late 19th Century the infamous traitor to the United States and patriarch of the Milligan family, Lambdin Purdy Milligan, housed his law offices on the second floor surrounded by “The Windsor Inn” which occupied the remaining units on the second and third floors. The law offices and The Windsor Inn sat above “The Silver Moon Tasting Room” inhabiting the commercial storefront on the street level.The Silver Moon Tasting Room and the Inn above were managed and operated by Milligan’s son and daughter-in-law. They sold whisky, wine, and other products to locals and travelers along the active railway line on which the building still stands beside to this day. 

Over the years the commercial storefront has also been the Silver Moon Cafe, The Silver Moon Saloon, The Rusty Dog Irish Pub, and now Silver Moon III. We are hoping the building lasts at least another 139 years to serve the local community and host guests from all over the world. The downtown structure is part of Huntington’s heritage, and it's unfolding and ever changing history. Roughly 100 years after it opened the structure was under threat of being torn down.