Colorized photo image of the county children's home, built in 1876 on Grant Street property that now is part of Mound Park. It closed in 1921 when Hillcrest Children's Home opened in Wheelersburg.
Colored photo image of the Casino, actually a theater just inside the park gates at 420 Rhodes Avenue. It was built in 1905 with seating for five hundred. Plays, films, concerts, etc. were featured all year around.
Colored image of canal, towpath, bridge, and mill in West Portsmouth. The grist mill was built by Lemuel Moss in 1834. David Gibson built a distillery nearby in 1857. George Davis bought and operated both businesses from about 1860 until shortly before his death in 1894.