Colorized image of the Park showing flowers and trees, with park train station in background. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres.
Black & white image of the Tacoma steamboat, built in 1883 at New Richmond, Ohio. She ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades. She burned in 1922 at Cincinnati along with three other steamboats.
Colorized photo image of the church on the corner of Grandview Ave. and Robinson Ave. This building has been enlarged and remodeled and is now known as Central Church of Christ.
Tinted image of the Greyhound steamboat on the river. The Greyhound was built in 1901 at Ironton. She was considered quite fast as she ran the Portsmouth-Proctorville trade. She was lost in ice December 31, 1917 when she was used as a wharfboat at Ironton.
Black & white photo image of the Brushart Building at the southwest corner of Chillicothe and Sixth (6th) Streets. The 1909 Portsmouth City Directory lists both Marting's Department Store and Lodge no. 390, K. of P. meetings at this address.
Black & white photo image of Tribe of Ben-Hur meeting hall. The fraternal insurance organization of Ben-Hur was incorporated in Indiana in 1894 with the consent of General Lew Wallace. The group sold life insurance in 30 states in 1920. The Tribe of Ben-Hur first organized in Portsmouth in 1900.
Tinted photo image of the second Masonic Temple in Portsmouth. Built in 1906 on the north west corner of Chillicothe and (4th) Fourth Streets, it was nearly leveled by fire in December 1925. It was rebuilt to only four floors and became Kobackers Department Store in 1928. The store closed in 1971 and Desco Credit Union acquired the building in 1981.
Colorized photo image of the bank building at the south 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.
