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The Alex M. Glockner Hardware Company was located on Gallia and Gay streets. In the 1900 City Directory, it says the address was 206 Market and 135 West Streets.
Hibbs Hardware was located was located on Sixth (6th) Street across from the old stone…

Opened in 1898 at Chillicothe and Third (3rd) Streets, the Anderson Brothers Company first was a home factory shoe store, but later they added dry goods. In 1925 the two top floors were added to the Anderson Brothers Department Store building. From…

The Biggs House was built at the corner of Front and Market Streets. In 1980, it became part of the Riverview Retirement Center along with the Washington Hotel. The main entrance of the Biggs House now faces the courtyard shared with the Washington…

In 1889, the Breece Manufacturing Company was located on the east end of Portsmouth near the N & W terminal yards and the Ohio River. They made table rims, veneer tops, panels, chair backs, carriage and automobile rims and spokes, and other…

The Brodt Shoe Company was located at 519-527 Front Street.
The Tracy Shoe Company was located at 630-632 2nd (Second) Street.
Both manufactured wholesale shoes.

The Burgess Steel and Iron Works was incorporated in 1872, and it was located on the river at end of Third (3rd) Street. This factory burned in 1898 and Levi York re-built in New Boston in 1898-1899.
The Standard Telephone Manufacturing Company was…

The Carnegie Building or the Portsmouth Public Library, at 1220 Gallia Street was opened in 1906 thanks to Henry Lorberg and Andrew Carnegie.
Damarin Block Building is at the corner of Second (2nd) and Court Streets. It was home to the Hansen…

Central National Bank was located at 9th (Ninth) Gallia Street, looking east over what would become the Roy Rogers Esplanade.
The Security Savings Bank was located at 28 Gallia Street.

An image of Chillicothe Street looking north from the present site of the Grant bridge in Portsmouth.

Both images are of Chillicothe Street looking north from Grant Bridge. The Turley Building is on the right while Corner Book Store is on the left corner. The Turley Building was built in 1905 at Chillicothe and Second (2nd) Streets by Leslie Turley.…

The image on the left is looking north on Chillicothe Street from Third (3rd). In about the center of the photograph is a three-story building with dormer windows on the roof. This is the Grand Opera House built in 1895. It suffered damage from a…

Looking south on Chillicothe in the early 1900's shows Hass Mens Clothing at the corner of Fifth (5th). The Masonic Temple with Bragdon's Dry Goods sign on the side stands at the corner of Fourth (4th). This Masonic Temple was built in 1906,…