Colorized image of Gallia Square in Portsmouth. Government Square, or Gallia Square, or Upper Market Square, or the Esplanade where Gallia Street meets Chillicothe Street. The Kricker Building shows through the trees at the left. Built by George Kricker in 1893, it held the Portsmouth City Offices, a bank, grocery, jewelry, business college and other businesses.
Colorized image of a woman with butterfly wings outlined like an orange Monarch butterfly. Each of her four wings is a different building in Portsmouth.
1. The Grimes Hotel located at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gallia/ Gay Streets.
2. The Public Library located at 1220 Gallia Street.
3. The Highland School located on Hutchins Street Across From Mound Park.
4. The Washington located at the corner of Market and Second (2nd) Streets.
Colorized image of Crichton's Inn, owned and operated by William Crichton. The Inn was located on a hill on the west side of Route 104 near the Norfolk & Western Railway passenger station in Rushtown in Rush Township north of Portsmouth. It closed in 1919. Below the image is a paragraph about the hospitality of the people of Portsmouth.
Colorized image of the west side of Second (2nd) Street in Portsmouth. On the front of the postcard, below the image is some statistics of Portsmouth during that time.
Sepia tone photo of the interior of the store. Opened by Carl N. Hansen in 1909, it was first located at Second (2nd) & Court Streets, then moved to Seventh (7th) & Chillicothe in 1912. Closed in 1917.
Colored, mostly green, image of two ladies by lake in Millbrook Park. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. It was totally dismantled by 1935.
