Colorized image of The Turley Building on Chillicothe and 2nd (Second) Streets. Pictured also is the Corner Book Store. The Turley Building was built by Leslie Turley in 1905. In 1906 the First National Bank and several other businesses were in the Turley Building. The Checker Store was there from 1952 until 1973. It was razed for the expansion of Shawnee State University in 1992.
Colorized image of Lincoln Elementary School at the northwest corner of Kinneys Lane & Waller Street. Ten rooms were completed in 1914 and a addition in 1922. It was Portsmouth's first integrated elementary because of overcrowding at Washington School in 1953. The building was closed in 2000 and razed in 2003. The site is now the SOMC Cancer Center.
Black and white stereopticon card image of people and trees. BeechWood was the name given to the country home near Wheelersburg which belonged to Portsmouth attorney and poet Fernando Cortez Searl, 1825-1904.
Colorized image of the new Portsmouth High School located at the corner of Waller and Gallia Streets. The building was built to replace the in the Davis High School, formerly in the same location. The Portsmouth High School was erected in 1912, closed in 2006, and razed in 2007.
Colorized Image of the park featuring the ball field. The land was donated to the city of Portsmouth in 1918 by Simon Labold. Mound Park was named for the remaining part of the elaborate earthworks originally found on the site. The nine acres are surrounded by Grant Street, Seventh (17th) Street and Hutchins Street. The Scioto County Children's Home, built here in 1877, was razed and replaced by the present shelter house.
Colorized Image of the old stone Post Office before expansion in 1914. It was built in 1899 at the corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets, and razed in 1956.
