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(left) The second Portsmouth Masonic Temple Building was built in 1906 (the "1900" date is a typo error) at Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets. It was heavily damaged by fire December 6, 1925, and was rebuilt to only four floors. It became…

The white steepled building on the left side of Washington is the Bigelow United Methodist Church located at 415 Fourth (4th).
The church on the right of Washington is the German Evangelical Church at the corner of Fifth (5th).

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,…

On the left is Second (2nd) Street when the Portsmouth Banking Company was located at Second (2nd) and Court in the Elks Building as it was known in 1898.
On the right is the 1810 House on Waller Street near Kinney's Lane. It was the home of the…

The left image shows the distinctive roof line of the Washington Hotel in the distance. The right image is the same view in 1980 but the Washington's roof line has been undated.

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 top left is looking south on Chillicothe Street showing the first half of the National Bank Building. Because the National Bank Building first half was built in 1912, the date of "1900" on the left is a typo error.
The picture at the top right…

Second (2nd) Street looking east from Market Street with some unidentified individuals and a trolley car on the left. The building at the right in both photographs is the Hotel Washington, built in 1901.
A more modern image of the street is on…

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…

On this page some text is misplaced and does not match the picture close to it.
Also, the shopping mall did not happen downtown.
The top left is looking south on Chillicothe with the National Bank Building at the left.
The top right is looking…

Black & white portrait photograph.
Unidentified individual.