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.
Sepia tone photo image of the second Portsmouth Masonic Temple Building at the corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets after a damaging fire in December 1928. It was rebiult to only four floors and became Kobackers Department Store in 1928.
The store closed in 1971 and Desco Credit Union acquired the building in 1981.
Colorized photo image of the second Masonic Temple in Portsmouth. Built in 1906 on the north west corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets, it was nearly leveled by fire in December 1925. It was rebuilt to only four floors and became Kobackers Department Store in 1928. The store closed in 1971 and Desco Credit Union acquired the building in about 1981.
Black and white photo image of window display of linens, fabrics, etc. at Anderson's Brothers Department Store at 301-309 Chillicothe Street. Anderson's began here in 1899 and in 1937 Sears Roebuck Department moved into the building.
Black and white photo image of the Turley Building on Chillicothe at Second (2nd) Street. The Turley Building was built by Leslie Turley in 1905. In 1906 the First National Bank and several other businesses were in the Turley Building. The Checker Store was there from 1952 until 1973. It was razed for the expansion of Shawnee State University in 1992.
