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The Second Presbyterian Church was located on Waller and Eighth (8th) Streets. After the success of the First Presbyterian church, located at 221 Court Street at the corner of Third (3rd) Street, a second one was constructed as the congregation…

The All Saints Episcopal Church was located at 610 Fourth (4th) Street. The church was built in 1850.
Hempstead Hospital was located on Chillicothe Street at the northcorner of Kinney's Lane. It was later known as the General Hospital.

The United States Government building (the old stone Post Office) was located at Chillicothe Street at the northeast corner of the Gallia Street Esplanade.
The RR YMCA was built in 1908 and was located at the corner of Gallia and Norfolk Streets…

The Hotel Grimes was located on the southeast corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets. Built by H. S. Grimes, it was a famous building in Portsmouth as it was the first "flat" building, meaning the roof was void of any irregularities.(Portsmouth…

The Portsmouth Steel Company was in New Boston from 1902 to 1909. Before 1902 the name was Crucible Steel of America. After 1909 it was the Whitaker-Glessner Company. When the Burgess Steel mill in Portsmouth burned in 1898, Levi York re-built in…

The Breece Manufacturing Company produced veneer tops, panels, table rims, and wheel stock. The office and the mills were both located in Eastern Portsmouth.

The Mitchell Manufacturing Company building was located at Third (3rd) and Gay Streets. It started out making vending machines for shoe laces costing one nickel. They soon decided they should produce the laces to fill the vending machines. And…

The Wait-Fuller Furniture Company was located on Seventh (7th) Street at the southwest corner of Broadway Steet

A children's playground located in York Park. The park was located along the Ohio River where a steel mill had been destroyed by fire. The park was named after Levi York, president of Burgess Steel & Iron Works. Mr. York built his new plant in New…

The Portsmouth Veneer and Panel Company was located at the corner of Mill and Gay Streets. It specialized in the manufacturing of glass and panes for windows and veneers.

The Carlyle Paving Brick Company was located in Sciotoville, Ohio. They specialized in the manufacturing and distributing of bricks.