The George D. Scudder School was built in 1929. It was considered a "modern platoon style" school with a gym, cafeteria, and separate areas for classrooms. George Drake Scudder was a prominent Portsmouth resident, attorney and school board member.
The school closed in 1973. The building was used for various Portsmouth City School and Scioto County Schools Administration offices for many years. The building was often referred to as the Scudder Administrative Center.
Private residence. The George H. Gharky House. George H. Gharky b. May 17, 1813, Alexandria, Ohio
d. January 30, 1894, Portsmouth, Ohio
Gharky was an early resident of Alexandria, then Portsmouth. He started out as a carpenter building river & canal boats, later, in the mid-1800s, became involved in Portsmouth city government.
Built in 1849 by J.W. (John Walter) Purdum.
A History of Scioto County, Nelson W. Evans (1903): "from 1832 until 1880, Mr. Purdum engaged in contracting and building in Portsmouth, during which period he constructed many of the largest and finest public and private buildings in the city."
The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
