Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 387. Biggs House; Bill of Fare (1881); Prendergast; Jenning; Pat Prendergast; Professor Weaver; W.H. Williams; Marshal Captain W.B. Williams; Miss Emma; George Johnson; Mansion House
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: Typed page giving details about the Biggs House-Massie Block Fire of 1871 and the Hamilton-Peebles Free Reading Rooms
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Shown is a typed page giving details of the Biggs House- Massie Block fire of 1871 and information about the Hamilton-Peebles Free Reading Rooms, originally organized in Thomas P. Brown's home. Later this became the Schuler Building. Maklem's Livery Stables; Works on Mill Street; Venerable David Ramsey; Dr. McBride; Dr. Wright; W. P. Martin; Edwin White; Milford Keyes; Charles Dickens; writers
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a newspaper article for the Biggs House, along with a sketch of the building, and a picture of Sommer Brothers Hardware in Portsmouth, cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book. Also shown is a newspaper advertisement for Prendergast & Jennings, Proprietors
One of the best known and most popular hotels in Ohio. The Biggs House was located at 455 Front Street. The Great Fire on March 6, 1871 destroyed the hotel, but it was immediately rebuilt, retaining its original name: the Biggs House. Now it is the site of the Union Mission.
The Biggs House was built at the corner of Front and Market Streets. In 1980, it became part of the Riverview Retirement Center along with the Washington Hotel. The main entrance of the Biggs House now faces the courtyard shared with the Washington and its side doors are on 445 Front Street.
