Colorized image of the Wilson School which was built in 1927 on Campbell Avenue between Sixth (6th) & Seventh (7th) Streets. It was the first elementary school to have a gymnasium. Closed in 2006, it was razed in 2007.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page giving information about the Wurster Family. They were Germans who located in Scioto County. John G. Wurster Bakery; Wurster Brothers Drug Store; John G. Wurster Jr.; Pabst's Orchestra; Enos Reed; Daily Blade; Drug Store; Charles Seebohm; Sarah Kettle's school; "Santa Clause" Lewis
Colorized photo image of the Y.M.C.A. at the corner of Gallia and Norfolk Streets. It was built by the N & W Railroad for railroad employees' overnight sleeping rooms. It was closed in 1960 and razed in 1968.
The Railroad Y. M. C. A was built in 1908 to accommodate the N and W railroad workers needing to stay over in Portsmouth.
It was located on Gallia Street at the upper end of Norfolk Street.
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.
Tinted image of the YMCA building at 2829 Gallia Street at the end of Norfolk Street, built in 1906 by the N & W for railroad employees sleeping quarters. It was closed in 1960 and razed in 1968.
Handcolored photo of YMCA built in 1906 at 2829 Gallia Street (at the end of Norfolk Street) by the N & W Railroad for railroad employees sleeping quarters. It was closed in 1960 and razed in 1968.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. The York Portland Cement Plant; B & O Railroad Tracks. The company began operations in Yorktown in New Boston on July 1, 1907. The tracks were laid n April, prior to opening. It was sold in 1913 to Ironton Portland Company after going into receivership in 1910.
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.
