Colorized Photo image of the LaRoy Theater located at 848 Gallia Street. The name came from the owners' names, Simon Labold and Dan W. Conroy. It opened in 1926 to a crowd of thousands, according to a Portsmouth Times article. The building was razed in 1974 to widen Gay Street.
Colorized image of Government Square on Gallia Street facing East. At far left is the old stone Post Office, the red city building (Kricker Building) is near center. At the right side, the First National Bank Building faces Gallia Street Esplanade.
Colorized image of Chillicothe Street view of the First National Bank (right) and the old stone Post Office (left) after it was expanded in 1914. Gallia Street runs between the buildings. The post office was closed in 1936, and razed in 1956 for the construction of a five story Montgomery-Ward Department Store.
Colorized image of the building looking north on Chillicothe Street. The second Masonic Temple in Portsmouth, built in 1906 at the northwest corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets, was partially destroyed by fire in December of 1925. It was rebuilt to only four floors and became Kobackers Department Store in 1928. In 1981 it was acquired by Desco Credit Union.
Colorized illustrated image of the building at the south east corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. This is the first half completed in 1912. In about 1924 an identical addition was added on the south side where the Lyric Theater had stood.
Colorized image of the school building on the northwest corner of Fourth (4th) & Bond Streets. The twelve rooms served elementary students from 1906 to 1939. It was razed in 1948 for the construction of Albers Supermarket.