The first Scioto County Court House (not shown) was built in 1817 on Market Street. The second, shown lower left on this page, was constructed in 1836 at Sixth (6th) and Court Streets. In about 1926 the third Court House, shown at the top, was erected. The dates printed are not significant to any of the Court Houses.
The fourty-three room Hotel Grimes was built at 902 Second (2nd) Street by H S Grimes. It was razed in 1966 for the expansion of the Portsmouth Branch of Ohio University (Shawnee). In 1920 a tombstone was put up near the Roy Rogers Esplanade because people thought that Portsmouth would die economically as a result of prohibition.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: the second Scioto County Court House built in 1836 at Sixth (6th) and Court Streets, with a brief description below; Milton B. Shumway; Adley Brown
Scanned page 18 from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook containing black & white image of the second Scioto County Court House, erected in 1836 on lot donated by Henry Brush at Sixth (6th) and Court Streets. William Kendall builder.
Clipped ad for William B. Grice, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public
Colorized photo image of the third Scioto County Court House. The first was built in 1817 on Market Street, the second in 1836 at Sixth (6th) and Court Streets, and this, the third was built in the 1920's.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 23. Second Scioto County Court House (1836) at Sixth (6th) and Court Streets; Henry Bush; William. Kendall; First Court House (1817) was on Market Street; The Market House; Built (1832); Razed (1872).
Also shown are two images cut from Pictorial Portsmouth: Honorable. A. B. Cole and M. R. Tewksbury
