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The George D. Scudder School was built in 1929. It was considered a "modern platoon style" school with a gym, cafeteria, and separate areas for classrooms. George Drake Scudder was a prominent Portsmouth resident, attorney and school board…

Private residence.
Scioto County Auditor year built-1900.

Private residence.
Scioto County Auditor year built-1870.

Private residence.
Scioto Count Auditor year built-1870.

Private residence. The George H. Gharky House. George H. Gharky b. May 17, 1813, Alexandria, Ohio
d. January 30, 1894, Portsmouth, Ohio
Gharky was an early resident of Alexandria, then Portsmouth. He started out as a carpenter building river &…

Plaque on dwelling; George H. Gharky House. National Historic Register

Private residence. Known as the Elden House and the Bailey House
Scioto County Auditor year built-1860

Private residence . Elden House National Register of Historic Places Plaque

Front door plaque of private residence of 634 4th (Fourth) Street. The Bailey House Door Plaque

Private residence.
Scioto County Auditor year built-1900.

Built in 1849 by J.W. (John Walter) Purdum.
A History of Scioto County, Nelson W. Evans (1903): "from 1832 until 1880, Mr. Purdum engaged in contracting and building in Portsmouth, during which period he constructed many of the largest and finest…

Purdum-Tracy House plaque from the National Register of Historic Places.