Item

The Grimes (Hotel), Portsmouth, Ohio

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Title
The Grimes (Hotel), Portsmouth, Ohio
Description
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)
Creator
The Weiler Publishing Co., Dunkirk, N.Y.
Date
1912
Format
9 cm x 14 cm postcard
Coverage
Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio
Rights
Scioto County Public Library

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Collection

Historic Postcards

Citation

The Weiler Publishing Co., Dunkirk, N.Y., “The Grimes (Hotel), Portsmouth, Ohio,” Scioto County Public Library Local History Digital Collection, accessed February 24, 2025, https://sciotolibrary.org/history/items/show/5111.

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