From 1924 to about 1930, the building was Dunham's Meats. After a few years of vacancy, the building became Kirby's Floral Company around the year 1939. It remains this today.
From 1918 to 1935, the building belonged to Ann Rice. In 1926, it became a beauty shop that she owned. From 1937 to 1964 it was Thomas Dairy Bar. From 1971 to 1988 it was the American Cancer Society County Unit. In 2000 it became Redoutey's Driver Education School.
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.
Colorized postcard of the Portsmouth Public Library, opened in 1906 at 1220 Gallia Street in Portsmouth. Henry A. Lorberg, local newspaper reporter and historian, contacted Andrew Carnegie and obtained $50,000 to build a free public library in Portsmouth.
A scene from York Park after the flood. The park was located along the Ohio River where a rolling (steel) mill had stood before it was destroyed by fire. The park was named after Levi York, president of Burgess Steel & Iron Works.
