Scioto County Court Houses
Hotel Grimes
Prohibition Monument 1920

Title

Scioto County Court Houses
Hotel Grimes
Prohibition Monument 1920

Description

The first Scioto County Court House (not shown) was built in 1817 on Market Street. The second, shown lower left on this page, was constructed in 1836 at Sixth (6th) and Court Streets. In about 1926 the third Court House, shown at the top, was erected. The dates printed are not significant to any of the Court Houses.
The fourty-three room Hotel Grimes was built at 902 Second (2nd) Street by H S Grimes. It was razed in 1966 for the expansion of the Portsmouth Branch of Ohio University (Shawnee). In 1920 a tombstone was put up near the Roy Rogers Esplanade because people thought that Portsmouth would die economically as a result of prohibition.

Creator

unknown

Date

Late 1800s to early 1900s

Coverage

Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio

Rights

Scioto County Public Library