Colorized photomechanical print of Holy Redeemer church at 1325 Gallia Street. The Holy Redeemer Church was founded when a need arose for the separation of the English and German-speaking congregations. In 1853 the Irish Catholic congregation built their first Holy Redeemer building on Sixth (6th) Street. This building on Gallia Street was constructed in 1905.
Colorized image of the Station. Built in 1931, the Norfolk & Western Railroad Station was located at Seventeenth (17th) and Findlay Streets. It was used for passenger trains until 1971 when they were discontinued but still housed the division offices. The building was demolished in 2004, and the Scioto County Jail is now in a structure made to look similar to the old station.
Color photomechanical print of Lock and Dam facing Kentucky; Dam 31 Housing in background.
In 1920, Dam 31, just 2 ½ miles west below the city, was dedicated.
At a cost of over $1,000,000, and over 200 men, the dam took nearly eight years to complete due to weather delays.
In 1956, the Federal government eliminated dam 31, and it was demolished in 1964.
Black and white photo postcard of class - No date but name Juanita Lester on back indicated 1920's. This building was on Hutchins Street across from Mound Park. It was razed in 1956 after the new Highland School was build on the former playground area.
Black & white image of pavilion at Millbrook Park in New Boston. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. It was totally dismantled by 1935.
Colorized photo image of the Pleasant Green Baptist Church located at 421 Waller Street. The church was organized around the year 1865 by a small group of people from the Allen Chapel.
Colored drawing of riverboats and Portsmouth viewed from Kentucky side. The Ashland was built at Cincinnati in 1842 and dismantled in 1847. The Scioto was built in Cincinnati in 1846 for Captain James Davis of Portsmouth.
Colored image of the steamboat Greenwood at the wharf at the end of Market Street. The Greenwood was built by Captain Greene at Parkersburg, WV and completed in Ironton. On her maiden trip, October, 1898, she left Portsmouth and sank when she hit a snag at the mouth of the Scioto River. She was raised and repaired and ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades until she collided with the Chris Greene and sank in 1925.
