Black and white photo image of tree house in Timmonds Park, a park developed by Samuel Timmonds, who was a member of the board for the Biggs House, a popular Portsmouth hotel. The headline in Portsmouth Times May 11, 1897: "The New Park. Sam Timmonds is Making a Little Paradise Out of It. A Charmingly Beautiful Resort Within Easy Reach of Our Citizens." He added a lake in a December 13, 1897 Times article: "It is now one of the finest skating parks in the country, finished last week and the first good freeze will make fine skating. A dam will be built higher and a summer resort made out of it."
Colored photo image of forest land near Bear Creek in Morgan Township, the location of Girl Scout Camp Molly Lauman. A few years before her death in 1933, Mary Elizabeth Dever Lauman (Molly) donated about 100 acres for a girls' camp site.
Colorized photo image of Washington Street showing the German Methodist Church, Bigelow Methodist Church at the left on the northwest corner of Fifth Street, and the German Evangelical Church.
Colored image of the church at the southeast corner of Franklin Avenue and Logan Street. The building was constructed in 1917, and in 2001 the congregation merged with three others to form Cornerstone United Methodist Church.
Color photo image of Gothic style church at 25th Street and Grandview Avenue. It was built in 1956 of native sandstone from McDermott. It was later known as the First Apostolic Church.
Black and white photo image of the church surrounded by trees. This building was purchased by Miss Flora Belle Johnson in 1907. (Portsmouth Times, July 20, 1907) Located on the northwest corner of Third (3rd) and Bond Streets, it had previously been Christ Episcopal Church as listed in the Portsmouth City Directories 1899 through 1905. On the reverse side is a political advertisement: "Don't fail to vote for J.J. Brushart for assessor of real property Tuesday Nov. 2." Mr. Brushart was elected assessor in the election of 1909.
Black and white photo image of the church at the corner of Fourth (4th) and Washington Streets. A printed message on the back is an invitation to the "Home Coming" celebration to be held September 27, 1909.
Colorized photo image of the Bigelow M. E. Church located at 415 Washington Street since 1858. It was named after Russell H. Bigelow. (1793-1835) He was a Methodist circuit rider, missionary to Indians, and chaplain of the Ohio Penitentiary. As of 1984, the non-denominational congregation is known as Bigelow Church.
Colorized image of the church building at the corner of Gallia and Offnere Streets. The first service in this building was on October 11, 1908. In 1883 the name was changed to Wesley United Methodist. The building was razed in 2005.
