Tinted image of Market Street businesses and the Washington Hotel at the corner of Second (2nd) and Market Streets. Built in 1901, Washington House became part of the Riverview Retirement Center development serving the elderly and handicapped in 1979. It had been known as the Milner Hotel from 1939 to 1956.
Colored photo image of children and playground equipment at York Park near the river. York Park, named for Levi D. York, was outside the old flood wall between Chillicothe Street and Washington Street in the early 1900's.
Colored image of the Grimes Hotel at 902 Second (2nd) Street. This building was "Portsmouth's first flat building" according to the Portsmouth Daily Times of July 27, 1907. Built by H S Grimes at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets, it had forty-three rooms. In 1912 the Y.W.C.A. rented it for their home. It was Grimes Apartments from about 1922 to 1966 when it was razed for the expansion of Ohio University Portsmouth Branch (now Shawnee)
Sepia toned photo image of the School Children's Parade in Portsmouth. During the Korn Karnival in the years 1915 & 1916, the school children, mostly from Portsmouth, North Moreland, and Sciotoville schools participated in many parades.
Colorized image of the park, shows a couple boating on the lake, crowds around the carouse, and the steel mill in the background. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. Greatly damaged by the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.
Colorized image of a mill in pink hues with a smaller inset faded image of the Trinity M. E. Church located at the corner of Gallia and Offnere Streets. On July 16, 1983 the Trinity Church united with the Bigelow United Methodist Church. Members of both churches met at the Old Stone House in West Portsmouth, the birthplace of Methodism in Southern Ohio.
Colorized image of some holly with a smaller faded image of the Trinity M. E. Church located at the corner of Gallia and Offnere Streets. On July 16, 1983 the Trinity Church united with the Bigelow United Methodist Church. Members of both churches met at the Old Stone House in West Portsmouth, the birthplace of Methodism in Southern Ohio.
