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Throughout the early 1900's this building was used for various different purposes from a restaurant to a gunsmith to a wallpaper company. In 1952, it found its niche. It became B & B Portsmouth Inc. Pawn Brokers. It remains this today.

From 1926 to 1966, the building housed G. W. Ahrend Men's Clothing. In 1974, it became Newberry Sporting Goods. From 1987 to 1993, the building was H & R Block. From 1994 to 2013, it was Allegro Music. Today, the building is vacant.

According to the Scioto County Auditor, this building was built in 1870. From 1918 to the late 1970's the building was Cameo Restaurant. From 1979 to 2013, it was Reynolds & Company. In 2013, the company merged with another one, and it became HD…

From around 1906 to 1934, the building was used for the W. L. Reinert Clothing Company. In the following few decades, it would become various other clothing stores. Throughout the 1950's and 1960's its market shifted to wallpaper and paint rather…

Through out the 1900's the building was used as various different banks. Around 1995, the building became Travel World Incorporated. Today it is Hearts Desire Fine Jewelry.

Martings Department Store was started in 1872. It closed in 2002. The future of the building has been debated.

The Esplanade, or Government Square, or Gallia Square, as it was called in the 1800's is located at the corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. In 1959, during a special ceremony, the name was changed to the Roy Rogers Esplanade.