Colored image of Hotel Hurth built in 1923 at the corner of Chillicothe and Third (3rd) Streets by Adolph Hurth. It had 107 rooms with adjoining baths with hot and cold running water, a barber shop, a pressing room, and a restaurant. Since about 1982 the building has served as senior citizen apartments.
Sepia stereopticon of buildings, people, and hills.
P. H. Murray Groceries pictured. City directory for 1869 shows the grocery at the north side of Front Street between Market and Court.
Colored image of Y.W.C.A. building at 902 Second (2nd) Street. The fourty-three room Grimes Hotel was built by H. S. Grimes in 1907 a the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets. In 1912 the Y.W.C.A. rented it. It was the Grimes Apartments from about 1922 to 1966 when it was razed for the expansion of Ohio University Portsmouth Branch, now Shawnee.
Tinted image of the building built in 1906 at 2829 Gallia Street by the N & W Railroad for employees sleeping quarters. It was closed in 1960 and razed in 1968.
Colored image of Selby Shoe Factory. The Selby Shoe Company reached a peak employment of about 5500 in its factory at Seventh (7th) and Findlay Streets before closing in 1957. There was a tunnel under Findlay Street to the Post Office.
