Silver metal, with markings and rust in some places, coin bank with handle. Has a slot for coins to go in. On front" "First National Bank, "The Bank for Working People", Portsmouth, Ohio."
Original currency of the First National Bank of Portsmouth; national currency; five dollar denomination; slight wear and fading; beige in color, dated February 5, 1903. The 1904 Portsmouth City Directory lists The First National Bank at 127 Market Street, officers: J.W. Bannon, Pres., A.M. Damarin, Vice-Pres., and Simon Labold, Cashier. The bank was organized in 1863, serial charter number 68.
Colorized photo image of the old stone Post Office at the corner of Chillicothe and Gallia. The darker brick at the right is the Gallia Street side of the National Bank. The stone Post Office building was completed in 1891, expanded in 1914, closed in 1936, and razed in 1956 for the construction of a five story Montgomery-Ward Department Store.
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.
Colorized illustration of the building on the south east corner of Gallia St. and Chillicothe. 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.
Colored photo image of the first half of the bank building completed in 1912 at the southeast corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. In about 1924 an identical addition was added on the south side where the Lyric Theater had stood.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 463. First National Bank; John Brown Jr; John Brown; Alexandria; Water and Scioto Street; G.W. Clingman (1820); Aaron Kinney; Masonic Temple; Inn; Wm. M. Poyntz (1830s); Dr. Louis Schwab; Physician; Phil. M. Streich; B.L. Jefferson; Fisher and Streich Pharmacy; Metzger and Kricker; Dr. Charles C. Fulon; Deutsoland; George Daum (1847); Hanover Germany
From 1878 to 1904, the First National Bank was located at 122 Market Street (not shown)
From 1906 to 1911, the First National Bank was in the Turley Building on Chillicothe Street at the northeast corner of Second (2nd) Street.
In 1912, the first half of the new First National Bank building was completed at the corner of Chillicothe and Gallia Streets. This is the photo on the left. The date "1887" is a typo error. An addition in 1924 doubled the size of the National Bank Building to look as it does today.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: typed page giving details about the first observance of Decoration Day in Portsmouth. "Y" conducted in the Barton; Dr. Gault; General J. Warren Kiefer; Amanda Pursell; W. M. Pursell; C. P. Tracy; Hal Pursell; Charles Pursell; E. E. Ewing; Maurice; B & O Railway; Cincinnati and Big Sandy Line
