Sepia toned image of Front Street from York Place in Portsmouth. It occupied the site of the Gaylord Rolling Mills, stretching from Front Street to Court and Chillicothe.
Colorized image of an area in York Place by the riverside. It occupied the site of the Gaylord Rolling Mills, stretching from Front Street to Court and Chillicothe.
Sepia tone image of the Old Ladies Home. The Home for Aged Women was established in 1896. The steamboat gothic style structure was located at the corner of Front & Chillicothe Streets. The home was used as a place of residence for women, 65 and older, who no longer had homes of their own or relatives to care for them. Only residents of the City of Portsmouth were admitted. The house was razed to make room for the approach to the U.S. Grant Bridge, built in 1927.
Black and white image of the Home For Aged Women at the northwest corner of Front and Chillicothe Streets on lot 144. Opened in 1889, the 15 room building was used until the lot was needed for construction of the approach to the first U.S. Grant Bridge in 1927
Sepia toned image of the corner of Front Street in Portsmouth. The white building on the far right is the Portsmouth Times old building. At the left is the Home for Aged Women at the corner of Front and Chillicothe Streets.
Photo image of unknown individuals in a small boat in Brush Creek, Ohio. Brush Creek Township was organized in 1820 from a part of Union Township. The waterway Brush Creek is the longest continuous stream in Adams County, Ohio.