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Damarin Block, which housed the Hansen Furniture Company, was located at 99 1/2 West Front Street.
T. M. Patterson Paper Box Company was located at 33-39 West Front Street.

The top photo is the machine shop, location unknown.
The lower photo, the Foundry of the Portsmouth Machine and Casting Company was at 401 Third (3rd) Street on the southwest corner of Jefferson Street. This building is now PCL Building Supplies.

The Scioto Hominy Company was located on Gay Street at the North East corner of 13th (Thirteenth) Street. The Times Publishing Company building was located at 102-110 Chillicothe Street.

The Gallia Street High School was located at northwest Corner of Gallia and Waller Streets. After 1909 plans were drawn up for a new school building because there were too many students and not enough room. Students attended the old school until 1912…

The Portsmouth City Waterworks was located at Mill Street between Gay Street and Sinton Street.
Casino Theater was located in Millbrook Park in New Boston, Ohio.

Portsmouth's principle retail street was Chillicothe Street. The Corner Book Store was at and 203 Chillicothe Street at the corner of Second (2nd).
On the right corner is the Turley Building built in 1905 by Leslie Turley. It held many different…

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

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.

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

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