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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…

The Portsmouth Stove Company was located at 14th (Fourteenth) and Chillicothe Streets. It was started in 1889.
Harsha Flour Mills was located on 8th (Eighth) Street east of Campbell Avenue.
The mill burned in 1954, and then was used by…

The old Portsmouth Times building, at the corner of Chillicothe and Front Streets, was razed in 1969 for the expansion of Shawnee Community College.
The Portsmouth Daily Times new building was at 637 Sixth (6th) Street until about 2018.
The…

The Portsmouth Machine and Casting Company Machine Shop, location unknown.
Their Foundry at 401 Third (3rd) Street is now PCL Building Supply.
Portsmouth City Water Works was on Mill Street on the Ohio River.

The Joseph G. Reed Company Building, dated 1906, is located at 700 Second (2nd) Street at the corner of Washington Street. The company sold wholesale dry goods and notions. The building is now Horizon House apartments.

In 1885 the Baltimore and Ohio R R Yard was about where Valley Wholesale Foods Inc. is today at 415 Market Street.

The Scioto Hominy Company was located at Tenth (10th) and Hutchins Streets.
Wilhelmette Flats was on the northeast corner of Fourth (4th) and Court Streets. John Wilhelm built this building and operated the Wilhelm Opera House on the top floor…

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.

In 1900, the Railroad Y. M. C. A. was located conveniently near the N & W Railroad yards at the end of Norfolk Street. It was razed in about 1980.
The picture of the old Esplanade in 1973 also shows Marting's and the Montgomery Ward Building, later…

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.

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

The Ohio Valley Bank was located at the corner of Chillicothe and Sixth (6th) Streets. It would ultimately become the Portsmouth Banking Company (Elk Building).