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The Ohio Stove Company, incorporated in 1872, manufactured heating and cooking stoves at 11th (Eleventh) Street between Washington Street and Chillicothe Street. By the 1950's the business stopped making stoves and moved toward commercial grey iron…

The Ohio Erie Canal towpath ran along side of State Route 104. This view shows Union Mills.
In 1942, the Montgomery Ward building was located on Sixth (6th) Street behind the Masonic Temple Building. It was a parking lot in 1980.

The Norfolk & Western Railway Terminal yards were located in eastern Portsmouth.

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

A view of the race track, roller coaster, and the Casino Theater in Millbrook Park.

There are four scenes shown. Scene One: Boating on the Lake in Millbrook Park. This was perhaps the most popular of the activities to do in the park. Scene Two: The Skating Pavilion of the park. Scene Three: The concrete "Y" Bridge in Millbrook Park.…

(left) The second Portsmouth Masonic Temple Building was built in 1906 (the "1900" date is a typo error) at Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets. It was heavily damaged by fire December 6, 1925, and was rebuilt to only four floors. It became…

The Masonic Temple building built in 1906 at the corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets housed Bragdon's Dry Goods Store on the first two floors. In December 1925 the building partially burned, but was rebuilt to only four floors to be…

Marting's in 1980 was a popular department store. It was located at 515 Chillicothe Street and closed in 2002.

H. Marting and Sons was established in 1873. At the time of its beginning, it was located at Seventh (7th) and Chillicothe Street. The business moved to 515 Chillicothe Street and closed in 2002.

The left image shows the distinctive roof line of the Washington Hotel in the distance. The right image is the same view in 1980 but the Washington's roof line has been undated.

The Kricker Building was built by George Kricker in 1893 on Gallia Street facing the Esplanade or Government Square. It held a business college, grocery, bank, jewler, Portsmouth city offices and many other businesses and offices. It was also…