Scioto County Auditor records year built-1900.
About 1881-1920 the address was home to Amann's Pharmacy, owned by Frank Amann.
1920-1966 Stahler's Pharmacy
1966-1970 Variety store
Scanned unnumbered page from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook containing black & white image of the 20th O.V.I Band: Albert Freytag, Fred Freytag, Henry Herder, Anton Pabst, J. H. Freytag, Chas Amann, and A. Knittel; J. F. Davis; and Prof. Walter Miller.
Originally built in 1927 (Scioto County Auditor) as the Portsmouth Public Service Bus Garage/Portsmouth City Lines. Used in that capacity until about 1954.
Served as a garage, truck repair service and warehouse for a variety of companies from about 1955-2010.
2010-2016 Shawnee Sanitation Garage & Scioto Fleet Svc, auto repair & service.
The address for the location can be found as 213, 215, 223 Madison Street in various Portsmouth City Directories from 1927-2016.
Formerly Schaefer's Food Market from about 1900 until the early 1940s. The grocery store was run by Joseph P. Schaefer and Sons. In the mid-1940s, Schaefer's branched out with larger super markets in the region. The original building was used as a warehouse for many years.
In 1978 the building housed Portsmouth Wholesale Furniture. In 1980, Vaspar Paint Center. By 1991 the building was independently owned.
