Old Post Office
1937 flood

Title

Old Post Office
1937 flood

Subject

Flooded Chillicothe Street

Description

Black & white photo image of the old stone Post Office at the corner of Gallia Street and Chillicothe Street. The Masonic Temple Building at the northeast corner of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets is in the background. View is looking north. The old post office was closed in 1936 because the new post office on Gay Street was opened in September 1936.

Creator

unknown

Date

January, 1937 during flood

Contributor

Wilma Jarrells Collection

Format

8.5 x 13.5 cm postcard

Coverage

Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio

Rights

Scioto County Public Library