The Washington Hotel, located at 500 Second (2nd) Street, was one of the leading hotels in all of Ohio. Rooms were $2.50 and up, and many famous people would stay there when in Portsmouth. In the 1980's the Washington became part of the Riverview Retirement Center along with the Biggs House.
Carl Ackerman is featured on the floodwall murals. He was a photographer, a collector, and an expert on Portsmouth history.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Hotel Safford; Cary J. King; Harry Howe; Olive Cole; Alice Pray; Myrtle Spencer; Helen Armstrong; Harry Gatewood; Fairfax Dickey; Eugene Knox; Cliff Kinney; Jack Kellhover
Scanned unnumbered page from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook containing black & white images of Hotel Portsmouth;
Seventh (7th) Street Fire Department # 1
F. D. White & Son and Portsmouth Storage & Auction Co. storefronts
Colorized image of the building. Located at 177-179-181 West Front Street. When city changed addresses, the location was 413-417 Front. Orginally the Dever House from 1887-1890, then changed to Hotel Portsmouth. Closed in 1956.
Black & white photo image of the Hotel Norfolk located opposite the N. & W. and B. & O. R.R. Station at Tenth (10th) and Waller Streets, Hugo Doebler, Proprietor. (City directory 1906)
Tinted photo image of the Hotel Hurth on the corner of Chillicothe and Third (3rd) Streets. Built in 1923 by Adolph Hurth, it had 107 rooms with adjoining baths with hot and cold running water. It also had a barber shop, a pressing room and a restaurant. Since 1982 the building has served as senior citizen apartments.
Black & white photo of the Hotel Hurth on the corner of Chillicothe and Third (3rd) Streets. Built in 1923 by Adolph Hurth, it had 107 rooms with adjoining baths with hot and cold running water. It also had a barber shop, a pressing room and a restaurant. The building has been used as senior citizen apartments since 1982.
Cardboard matchbook cover advertising the Hurth Hotel, Portsmouth, Ohio. Aged brown and coral color one side, yellow print. Tan, aged with print on otherside. Hotel was located at the corner of Third (3rd) and Chillicothe Streets.
