Black & white with blue tinted sky photo image of the depot. Passengers along the tracks. Description of Portsmouth on the back. The C&O Railway Depot, storage buildings, and water tower were actually on the South Portsmouth, Kentucky side of the Ohio River. The depot (right side) was opened in the early 1900's and was still being used by the Chessie System when it was destroyed by fire May 1, 1975.
Colorized image of Lincoln Elementary School at the northwest corner of Kinneys Lane & Waller Street. Ten rooms were completed in 1914 and a addition in 1922. It was Portsmouth's first integrated elementary because of overcrowding at Washington School in 1953. The building was closed in 2000 and razed in 2003. The site is now the SOMC Cancer Center.
Colorized photo image of the bank building at the south east corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. This view shows the 1924 addition on the south side after the Lyric Theater was razed.
Sepia toned photo image of Glenwood High School on Glenwood Avenue in New Boston which was built in 1918 and used until the construction of a new pre-K through 12 building on Lakeview Avenue in 2012.
Colored image of the Grand Opera House at the north east corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets. It was built in 1895 and damaged by fire in 1914, but was rebuilt and known for many years as the Kresge Store.
Color tinted image of the Allen A.M.E Chapel building. This was the congregations 3rd location, when on 1868 they moved into a small frame church on Seventh Street (7th Street), East of Chillicothe Street.
