Colored image of baseball area of Millbrook Park, steel mill and river in distance. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. Greatly damaged by the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.
Color photomechanical print of the Grant school building which was built in 1930 on the corner of Fourth (4th) & Union Streets. It replaced the old Union Street School destroyed by fire in 1929. Because Grant had the largest gymnasium in Scioto County, it was used by PHS and for county and regional basketball tournaments for over 30 years. It was razed in 2004 for the construction of the new Portsmouth Elementary building.
Colorized photo print of Greyhound Bus Depot Building at 1127 Gallia Street with a bus showing in the garage door. It was opened in 1941 and razed in about 2007.
Colorized photomechanical image of the church building. The church was organized in 1817. This building, located at Third (3rd) and Court Streets, was built in 1849-1850. The walls are made of two-foot thick native stone. It is listed on the National Historic Register.
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 photo image postcard of Chillicothe Street downtown with Kentucky hills in the background. Pictured - National Bank, Smith Drugs, Citizen Bank, Bragdons, Kubackers, Gallaher Drugs.
