Black and white photo image of the theater at Millbrook. Pencil writing on front. This building was actually a theater located just inside the park gates at 4200 Rhodes Avenue. It was built in 1905 with a seating capacity of five hundred. The Casino was the prime social gathering place in New Boston in the early 1900's. Plays, films, and concerts were shown all year for entertainment.
Photo image of the Casino in Millbrook Park. This building was actually a theater located just inside the park gates at 4200 Rhodes Avenue. It was built in 1905 with a seating capacity of five hundred. The Casino was the prime social gathering place in New Boston in the early 1900's. Plays, films, and concerts were shown all year for entertainment.
Black and white photo image of the Casino in Millbrook Park. This building was actually a theater located just inside the park gates at 4200 Rhodes Avenue. It was built in 1905 with a seating capacity of five hundred. The Casino was the prime social gathering place in New Boston in the early 1900's. Plays, films, and concerts were shown all year for entertainment.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 55. The Central Baptist Church; Young Avenue; Young Avenue; Robinson Avenue; Dreamland Swimming Pool; Athletic Park; Squire Cole; East End; Dr. W. W. Smith; Christopher Hans; Blake Block; L. T. Lemon; A. G. Dunn; Eastland; Jacob Pfau; Airdome; Hutchins Street; Eleventh (11th) Street; John Rapp; Drug Store; Stanley M. Jones
Black and white photo of the church building located at the northwest corner of Grandview and Robinson Avenue. A new front was completed in 1959 facing Robinson Avenue giving the building a more modern look. The congregation, established in 1907, has been more recently been known as the Central Church of Christ.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 118. Pictured is a typed page separated into two sections. First: information about the Central House. Mike Goodman; Mike Hook; Ben Woods; Revare and Hamer; John Wilhelm; Chris Staiger; the Crusade against liquor; George H. Gaffy; Government Building; W. A. Connolly; George W. Huggins. Second: some information about local policemen. Ewing Davis; Oscar Boyer; Israel Dixon; Pete Goehring; Joe Stokely; John Good; Special Night Merchants' Police James Ballard; Dayton Holmes
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page, separated into two sections. The first section tells about the Central House, located at the corner of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets. The second section talks about local policemen
Color image of Central Presbyterian - Front and Side View. DeVoss and Donaldson. Established as German Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth in 1866, services were conducted in German until 1909. The first service in this building at Twenty-Third (23rd) and Waller Streets was April 2, 1927. The church closed in January of 2012.
