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The Portsmouth Banking Company was located at Second (2nd) Street at the South West corner Court Street in the Elk building as it was known at one time.
The Joseph G. Reed Company building was constructed in 1906 at 700 Second (2nd) Street. They…

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.

The Portsmouth Paving Brick Company was located on the west side of Chillicothe Street on the corner of Seventeenth (17th) Street.

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 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.

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 Samuel Horchow Company was located at 40-48 Gallia Street. It manufactured house furniture.

The Scioto County Children's Home was located on Grant Street between Hutchins and Grandview Avenue.
The Portsmouth Blade newspaper ran from 1879-1914. The building was located at 119 West Second Street.

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 Scioto Star Fire Brick Company was in Sciotoville, Ohio between the river and the railroad. It was incorporated in 1872 with John Peebles as president. The 13 acre plant made Fire Brick, Clay In-walls and Hearths for blast furnaces, tiles of…

Scott Knitting Company was located on Gallia Street.

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…