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Black and white photo of the Masonic Hall dated 1901 in Wheelersburg on the corner of Gallia Street and Lick Run/Lyra Road. The Western Sun Masonic Lodge has met here since 1923.

Black and white photo of the Methodist Episcopal Church in South Webster, Bloom Township

Tinted image of the First Presbyterian Church Building at 221 Court Street at the corner of Third ( 3rd) Street. It was built about 1850 and has walls made of two-foot thick native brick. It is listed on the National Historic Register.

Tinted image of the new Hempstead Hospital opened in 1908, named for Dr. Giles S.B. Hempstead. Enlarged with a third floor and 2 wings in 1923, it was re-named Portsmouth General Hospital in 1925. In 1964 it became Scioto Memorial Hospital until…

Tinted image of the Irving Drew Shoe factory. The 1920 Portsmouth City Directory lists the locations of the Irving Drew Company at 1658-1662 Eleventh (11th) Street and 533-537 Front Street. This image is the Welt and Turn Factory at 1658-1662…

Black and white photo of the aftermath of the October 23, 1910 fire that destroyed the Gilbert Grocery Company at 50-54 West Second Street. The Gilbert wholesale grocery business was established in 1832 by Martin B. Gilbert. After this fire, a new…

Print of a watercolor of the 1810 House on Waller Street in Portsmouth, the historic home of the Aaron Kinney family. It is now a museum operated by the Ohio Historical Society.

Colored aerial image of the Portsmouth Steel Company and homes at New Boston, Ohio River and Kentucky in distance. This mill was known as Crucible Steel Company of America before 1902, Portsmouth Steel Company from 1902-1909, and Whitaker-Glessner…

Colorized image of the building. Located at 177-179-181 West Front Street. When city changed addresses, the location was 413-417 Front. Orginally the Dever House from 1887-1890, then changed to Hotel Portsmouth. Closed in 1956.

Print of a watercolor of the new fire station on Gallia Street

Sepia tone photo of the Methodist Episcopal Church building in South Webster

Black and white image of Second (2nd) Street School built in 1850 on the southwest corner of Second and Chillicothe Streets. It was razed in 1917 and replaced by the new Henry Massie School.