On the Hill Tops John Abbot's Abode Portsmouth, Ohio

Title

On the Hill Tops John Abbot's Abode Portsmouth, Ohio

Description

Black and white photo of several people around a log cabin surrounded by trees. Col. John Abbott was reared in Belpre, Ohio and came to Portsmouth about 1870 working as a plasterer. He bought hill property above Springville, Kentucky and built a cabin on the highest point in 1895. He lived there receiving many visitors until 1911 when at age 71 he died at his niece's home in Portsmouth.

Creator

H.A.Lorberg, Portsmouth, O
Art Mfg. Co., Amelia, O

Contributor

Donated by the family of Jeanne Collis-Johnston

Format

9 x 14 cm postcard

Coverage

Springville, (South Portsmouth) Greenup County, Kentucky

Rights

Scioto County Public Library