Colorized photo image of The Grimes Hotel at 902 Second (2nd) Street. Built by H S Grimes in 1907 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets, it had forty-three rooms. It was "Portsmouth's first flat building" according to the Portsmouth Daily times of July 27, 1907.
In 1912 the Y.W.C.A. rented it for their home. It was the Grimes Apartments from about 1922 to 1966 when it was razed for the expansion of Ohio University Portsmouth Branch (now Shawnee U)
Colorized image of the Grimes Hotel, 902 Second (2nd) Street, "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)
