Black and white image of the first Bigelow Church. It was built in 1834 by C. C. Hyatt. It was located at 342 Second (2nd) Street. Reverend George Crum was the first pastor.
Colorized image of the Bigelow M. E. Church located at 415 Washington Street since 1858. Bigelow was named after Russell H. Bigelow, 1793-1835. He was a Methodist circuit rider, missionary to Indians, and chaplain of Ohio Penitentiary. As of 1984, the non-denominational congregation is known as Bigelow Church.
Colorized image of the interior of the Second Presbyterian Church at Waller and Eighth (8th) Streets. After the success of the First Presbyterian Church, the Second Presbyterian Church was constructed at Waller and Eighth (8th) in 1875. On December 3, 1911, the new building of "Humellstown Brownstone" was dedicated at the same location. This view is believed to be the inside of the 1911 church.
Colorized image of the Second Presbyterian Church building located at Waller and Eighth (8th) Streets. The congregation had built its original building at this same location in 1875 when the First Presbyterian church expanded. This building of "Humellstown Brownstone" was dedicated December 3, 1911.
Colorized image of the inside of the inside of the Bigelow M. E. Church located at 415 Washington Street since 1858. Bigelow was named after Russell H. Bigelow, 1793-1835. He was a Methodist circuit rider, missionary to Indians, and chaplain of Ohio Penitentiary. As of 1984, the non-denominational congregation is known as Bigelow Church
Colorized image of the Scioto County Children's Home in Portsmouth, Ohio. The building was 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.
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Colorized image of Mercy Hospital. Mercy Hospital was opened July 15, 1921 with twenty-seven beds in the expanded Baron family homestead on Kinney's Lane. In January 1923 construction of the new five story 50-bed hospital was begun. After additions and expansions in the 50's and 60's, the building was razed in 2001.
Image of the Park Hospital. The hospital was established on May 2, 1902 when local physicians Dr. S. S. Halderman and Dr. J. S. Rardin opened a facility for the care of the sick and injured. It could comfortably care for twenty patients and was located 44 East Ninth (9th) Street facing Tracy Park. In 1908 it merged with Hempstead Hospital on Scioto Trail.
Colorized image of the Portsmouth General Hospital. In 1923, a third floor and and two wings greatly changed the appearance of the Hempstead Hospital located at 2001 Scioto Trail. It was renamed the Portsmouth General Hospital in 1925. It became Scioto Memorial Hospital in 1964 and moved to Twenty-Seventh (27th) Street in 1968. This building was razed in 2006.
Colorized photo image of the new Hempstead Hospital which opened in 1908. In February of 1870, the city opened a hospital called City Hospital in this building. It was located on three acres of ground on the west side of what was then called Chillicothe Pike (Scioto Trail). Four years later the hospital was turned into a Children's Home. In 1907, the City Council decided to re-open the City Hospital but changed the name to Hempstead Hospital named for Dr. Giles Hempstead. The addition of a third floor and two wings in 1923 greatly changed the appearance. The name was changed to Portsmouth General Hospital in 1925, and Scioto Memorial in 1964. This building was razed in 2006.
