Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 188. Two color postcards. The second Portsmouth Masonic Temple was built in 1906 at the northwest corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets. Nearly destroyed by fire in December of 1925, it was rebuilt to only four floors and became Kobackers Department Store in 1928 - 1971. It was acquired by Desco Credit Union in about 1981.
The second image is of the Toll Gate at Two Mile Hill (now Coles Boulevard).
Sepia tone photo image of the second Portsmouth Masonic Temple Building at the corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets after a damaging fire in December 1928. It was rebiult to only four floors and became Kobackers Department Store in 1928.
The store closed in 1971 and Desco Credit Union acquired the building in 1981.
The Masonic Temple building built in 1906 at the corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets housed Bragdon's Dry Goods Store on the first two floors. In December 1925 the building partially burned, but was rebuilt to only four floors to be Kobackers Department Store in 1928. The La Salle Hotel used the upper floors. In 1980, the building became Desco Credit Union.
Black and white photo image of the Masonic Hall and Post Office in Wheelersburg. Around 1823, the first post office of Porter Township erected. It was named after Scioto County war hero Major Porter Wheeler's son, Porter Wheeler.
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Black and white photo looking south toward the Masonic Temple at the northwest corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets in the 1913 flood when the Bragdon Dry Goods Company was located in the building. This Masonic Temple was built in 1906 and partially destroyed by fire in December 1925. It was rebuilt to only four floors and became Kobackers Department Store in 1928. The building was vacant from 1971 to 1981 when it was acquired by Desco Credit Union.
Black & white photo image of flooded Chillicothe Street looking south toward Kentucky hills in 1913. The Bragdon's Dry Goods Company was located in the Masonic Temple Building at the north west corner of Fourth (4th) and Chillicothe Streets from about 1907 to December, 1925, when the Temple was greatly damaged by fire.
Photo image of the headstone of the headstone of Mary Woodrow in Village Cemetery located in Adams County. This cemetery is also known as Pumpkin Ridge Cemetery.
