Tinted photo image of the Lyric Theater 426 Chillicothe Street with the elaborate sculptured peacock above the arched lobby entrance. It opened in 1912 and seated 450 people. The Lyric was razed in 1924 for the expansion of the First National Bank next door.
Black & white photo image of the Law's Hollywood Theater, opened by George Law in 1925 at 820 Gallia Street. It had a seating capacity of 600 and a six-piece orchestra. Law's was later sold and renamed the Lyric, making two Lyric theaters (one was in New Boston) until the early 1950's. The Gallia Street Lyric was razed in 1959.
Black & white photo image of Westland Theater at 627 Second Street during the 1937 flood. It was managed by Gail Russell and was listed in the Portsmouth City Directories from 1926 to 1947.
Sepia tone photo image of the Empress Theater at the south west corner Gallia and Chillicothe Streets (619 Chillicothe) during the 1937 flood. From 1908 to 1922 this was the Arcana Theater, but was known at the Empress Theater from 1926 to 1937 according to the Portsmouth City Directories.
Black & white photo image of the first automobile in Scioto County, owned by R. Stanley Prichard in 1902. George Appel and Frank Kendall are also in the car. This card promotes Mr. Prichard for County Recorder in 1930.
Sepia tone photo image of the First National Bank building and the Lyric Theater on flooded Chillicothe Street. This may be the 1913 flood because this half of the bank was completed in 1912 and the Lyric Theater was razed about 1923.
Sepia toned photo image of flooded Chillicothe Street looking north. The Grand Opera House is at the right on the corner of Fourth and Chillicothe Streets. Farther north is the new first National Bank Building built in 1912 at the corner of Gallia And Chillicothe Streets.
Sepia toned photo image of the Grand Opera House clean-up or repairs in 1914, men and debris on Chillicothe Street. The Grand Opera House was on the north east corner of Fourth (4th) and Chillicothe Streets.
Sepia tone photo image of flooded Chillicothe Street looking north. In the 1937 City Directory, some businesses listed on the west side of Chillicothe include: Atlas Fashions at 307-309, Richmond Brothers Men's Clothing at 311, and Kobacker's Department Store at 401-405 Chillicothe.
