Black and white photo image of Ben Hur Hall at the corner of Chillicothe and Fifth (5th) Streets. The Smoke House Building, facing the Esplanade, was used as a meeting place for many groups throughout Portsmouth.
Colorized image of the Women's Club House at the north-west corner of Fifth (5th) & Court Streets. In 1878 the Portsmouth Board of Education gave this building for use as the first public library, also known as the "Wharton Library." The new Carnegie Library on Gallia Street opened in 1906. City directories from 1908 - 1913 list the Portsmouth Federation of Women's Clubs at 501 Court Street. Boy Scouts used this building in the early 1920's. From 1928 to 1955 the Portsmouth City Health Department was located here. The building was razed in about 1960.
Black and white photo image of Roy Rogers and the Esplanade in Portsmouth located on Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. The public square has hand and foot prints of Roy, Dusty, and Dale. Roy is pictured in the center, on the left is James K. Wilson and on the right is Elmer Bernard Sword.
Black and white photo image of Jack "Range Rider" Mahoney and Will "Sugarfoot" Hutchins standing under a sign saying " Scioto County Boyhood home of Roy Rogers and Branch Rickey at the Roy Rogers Festival in Scioto County.
Black and white photo image of Roy Rogers standing in front of a sign for the Roy Rogers Athletic Field, located 12 miles outside of Portsmouth at Northwest High School. The field was named in his honor in 1959.
Black and white photo image of the parlor of the Alhambra Club. The Farmers' National Bank was located on Market Street, and the Alhambra Club was on the second floor of this building.
