Colorized postcard of the Portsmouth Public Library, opened in 1906 at 1220 Gallia Street in Portsmouth. Henry A. Lorberg, local newspaper reporter and historian, contacted Andrew Carnegie and obtained $50,000 to build a free public library in Portsmouth.
The Railroad Y. M. C. A was built in 1908 to accommodate the N and W railroad workers needing to stay over in Portsmouth.
It was located on Gallia Street at the upper end of Norfolk Street.
