Colorized image of the Portsmouth High School building, which was built in 1912 to replace the old Davis High School at the same location. It was closed in 2006 and razed in 2007.
Colorized image of the third Portsmouth Masonic Temple Building, built in 1928 at the northeast corner of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets. The building permit issued in 1927 was the largest permit ever issued in Portsmouth and at nine floors it was the tallest building in Portsmouth.
Colorized image of the 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 non-denominational congregation is known as Bigelow Church.
Colorized image of the building built on Eighth (8th) Street near Chillicothe Street in 1920 by Dr. Henry A. Schirmann. It was re-named Smith-Everett Hospital by Dr. Charles Smith and Dr. Clyde Everett in 1946. It was expanded as Southern Hills Hospital from 1962 until it closed in 1987. It was opened as Hempstead Manor, a residential home for seniors in 1988.
Colorized image of the Lincoln School building on the northwest corner of Kinneys Lane & Waller Street. It was opened in 1914 and enlarged in 1922. Lincoln was Portsmouth's first integrated elementary because of overcrowding at the Washington School in 1953. The building was closed in 2000 and razed in 2003. The location is now the SOMC Cancer Center
Black and white image of the bank 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.
A colorized photo image of the north side of Government Square(the Esplanade) on Gallia Street. The gray stone building at left is the old Post Office at the corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. It was completed in 1891, expanded in 1914, closed in 1936, and razed in 1956 for the construction of a five story Montgomery-Ward Department Store.
The flag is flying over the city building (Kricker Building) built by George Kricker in 1893. The Kricker Building held Portsmouth City Offices, a bank, grocery, jeweler, business college, and many other businesses
