Colorized photo image of Chillicothe Street at night. At the left is the Old Stone Post Office at the corner of Gallia and Chillicothe, and across Gallia Street is the new National Bank Building at 428 Chillicothe.
Colorized image of the Lincoln School located on the northwest corner of Kinneys Lane & Waller Street. It was opened in 1914 and enlarged in 1922. Lincoln was Portsmouth's first integrated elementary because of overcrowding at the Washington School in 1953. The building was closed in 2000 and razed in 2003. The location is now the SOMC Cancer Center.
Colorized image of Government Square looking west. Government Square, or Gallia Square, or Upper Market Square, or the Esplanade where Gallia Street meets Chillicothe Street.
Colorized photo image of the Masonic Temple at the northwest corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets. It was built in 1906 and 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 the building was acquired by Desco Credit Union.
Colored image of canal, towpath, bridge, and mill in West Portsmouth. The grist mill was built by Lemuel Moss in 1834. David Gibson built a distillery nearby in 1857. George Davis bought and operated both businesses from about 1860 until shortly before his death in 1894.
