Grimes Hotel, Portsmouth, Ohio
Title
Grimes Hotel, Portsmouth, Ohio
Description
Colored image of the Grimes Hotel at 902 Second (2nd) Street. This building was "Portsmouth's first flat building" according to the Portsmouth Daily Times of July 27, 1907. Built by H S Grimes at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets, it had forty-three rooms. In 1912 the Y.W.C.A. rented it for their home. It was Grimes Apartments from about 1922 to 1966 when it was razed for the expansion of Ohio University Portsmouth Branch (now Shawnee)
Creator
Published by F.M. Kirby & Co. Made in U.S.A.
Format
8.5 cm x 13.5 cm postcard
Coverage
Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio
Rights
Scioto County Public Library
Collection
Citation
Published by F.M. Kirby & Co. Made in U.S.A., “Grimes Hotel, Portsmouth, Ohio,” Local History Digital Collection, accessed November 22, 2024, https://yourppl.org/history/items/show/770.