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The Buckeye State, Portsmouth, Ohio
Color tinted image of steamboat with Portsmouth in back. The Buckeye State was built in 1878 at Freedom, PA, for the Pittsburgh & Cincinnati Packet Line. She was captained by Wash Kerr.
The Library Interior--Portsmouth, O.
black & white interior before furnishings
Carnegie Public Library, Portsmouth, Ohio
Black & white image of library building
The Columbia Theater, Portsmouth, Ohio
Color tinted image of theatre
"All Aboard for the C&O" Good-Bye--Portsmouth, O.
Color tinted image of passengers in Inter-State T. & S. Co carriage, with horse and driver on rural road.
The W.F. Nesbet, Portsmouth, O
Color tinted image of W. F. Nesbet steamboat. Some references mention a steamer named the "W.F. Nisbet" which ran on the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers in the 1890's.
Portsmouth, O., The Davis High School
Color tinted image of the Davis school building at the corner of Gallia & Waller Streets. It had been the home of George Davis before being used as a school from 1902 to 1910. It was razed in 1912 for the construction of the new PHS.
Third (3rd) Street East from Gay, Portsmouth, Ohio
Black and white image of unknown three story building surrounded by trees on Third (3rd) Street
Scioto County Court House
Sepia image of the second court house in Scioto County. Built in 1836 at Court and Sixth (6th) Streets, it was razed in 1927 after the dedication of the new court house.
Bigelow Methodist Church, Portsmouth, Ohio
Color tinted image of church building located at 415 Washington Street since 1858. Bigelow was named after Russell H. Bigelow, 1793-1835. He was a Methodist circuit rider, missionary to Indians, and chaplain of Ohio Penitentiary. As of 1984, the…
Ben Scidel's House, Bloom Township
Sepia photo of home. Note on back: "Ben Scidel House, Sec 8 Bloom Twp near Pinkerman"
Scioto Memorial Hospital - Portsmouth, Ohio
Color drawing of the new Scioto Memorial Hospital grounds on Twenty-Seventh (27th) Street as if viewed from the air, it was opened in 1968. In the 1980's Southern Hills, Mercy, and Scioto Memorial merged as Southern Ohio Medical Center.