Black and white photo image of the childhood home of Julia Marlowe in Portsmouth, Ohio. Marlowe was a famous actress who was born in England but grew up in Portsmouth. Her original name was Sarah Frances Frost but was changed to Julia Marlowe due to better stage appeal. She rose to fame in the late 1800's and early 1900's, even claiming the titles of the "First Lady of The American Stage" and "World's Greatest Shakespearean Actress."
Black and white image of the New Scioto Memorial grounds on Twenty-Seventh (27th) Street. It was opened in 1968. In the 1980's Southern Hills, Mercy, and Scioto Memorial merged as Southern Ohio Medical Center.
Photo of seven men in suits leaning against a building labeled Smoke House, located at 503 Chillicothe Street, facing the Esplanade. The business manufactured and sold cigarettes and cigars.
Black and white photo image of the interior of the Smoke House, located at 503 Chillicothe Street. The business manufactured and sold cigarettes and cigars.
Black and white photo image of men standing in front of the Smoke House, Portsmouth, Ohio. The building was located at 503 Chillicothe Street. The business manufactured and sold cigarettes and cigars.
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)
Black and white photo image of the Smoke House in Portsmouth, Ohio during 1913 flood. The business manufactured and sold cigarettes and cigars. This building is the Grand Opera House at the north east corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets. The 1912-13 City Directory lists the Smoke House business in this building.
