Colorized photo image of the Tacoma, built in 1883 at New Richmond, Ohio. She ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades. In 1922 she burned along with three other steamers at Cincinnati.
Colorized photo image of the Tacoma, built in 1883 at New Richmond, Ohio. She ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades. In 1922 she burned at Cincinnati along with three other steamers.
Colorized photo image of The Grimes Hotel at 902 Second (2nd) Street. Built by H S Grimes in 1907 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets, it had forty-three rooms. It was "Portsmouth's first flat building" according to the Portsmouth Daily times of July 27, 1907.
In 1912 the Y.W.C.A. rented it for their home. It was the Grimes Apartments from about 1922 to 1966 when it was razed for the expansion of Ohio University Portsmouth Branch (now Shawnee U)
Colorized photo image of the Lyric Theatre, located at 426 Gallia Street. It opened in 1917 and closed in 1924. The First National Bank used the site for an addition onto their building.
