Black and white photo image of Ben Hur Hall at the corner of Chillicothe and Fifth (5th) Streets. The Smoke House Building, facing the Esplanade, was used as a meeting place for many groups throughout Portsmouth.
Colorized photo image of Firestone Tires and Auto Service and the Pioneer Oil Station, the first gas station in Portsmouth, Ohio, located at the corner of Gallia and Offnere Sts.
Colorized photo image of the Chillicothe Street entrance of the old stone Post Office and the National Bank at the right facing Gallia Street. The Post Office building was completed in 1891, expanded in 1914, closed in 1936, and razed in 1956 for the construction of a five story Montgomery-Ward Department Store.
Colorized photo image of the Majestic Theatre, Portsmouth, Ohio located at the corner of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets. It opened around 1916 and was only listed in the 1918 City Directory. Originally the building was a Methodist Church. It was razed in 1929 for the construction of Portsmouth's third Masonic Temple Building.
Colorized photo image of the Lyric Theatre, located at 426 Gallia Street. It opened in 1917 and closed in 1924. The First National Bank used the site for an addition onto their building.
Colorized photo image of The Grimes Hotel at 902 Second (2nd) Street. Built by H S Grimes in 1907 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets, it had forty-three rooms. It was "Portsmouth's first flat building" according to the Portsmouth Daily times of July 27, 1907.
In 1912 the Y.W.C.A. rented it for their home. It was the Grimes Apartments from about 1922 to 1966 when it was razed for the expansion of Ohio University Portsmouth Branch (now Shawnee U)
