Colorized image of The Turley Building on Chillicothe and 2nd (Second) Streets. Pictured also is the Corner Book Store. 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.
Colorized image of the building looking north on Chillicothe Street. The second Masonic Temple in Portsmouth, built in 1906 at the northwest corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets, was partially destroyed by fire in December of 1925. It was rebuilt to only four floors and became Kobackers Department Store in 1928. In 1981 it was acquired by Desco Credit Union.
