Item

The YWCA Building, Portsmouth, Ohio

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Title
The YWCA Building, Portsmouth, Ohio
Subject
YWCA Building
Description
Colored image of Y.W.C.A. building at 902 Second (2nd) Street. The fourty-three room Grimes Hotel was built by H. S. Grimes in 1907 a the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets. In 1912 the Y.W.C.A. rented it. It was the Grimes Apartments from about 1922 to 1966 when it was razed for the expansion of Ohio University Portsmouth Branch, now Shawnee.
Creator
unknown
Date
1912-1922
Format
9 cm x 14 cm postcard
Coverage
Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio
Rights
Scioto County Public Library

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Collection

Historic Postcards

Citation

unknown, “The YWCA Building, Portsmouth, Ohio,” Scioto CountyPublic Library Local History Digital Collection, accessed February 5, 2025, https://yourppl.org/history/items/show/3735.

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