Independent Order of Odd Fellows: letter to T. M. Lynn from the Valley Encampment No. 21, dated March 11, 1941. Letter discusses how T. M. Lynn, scribe, will be traveling to the Chillicothe encampment.
Colorized image of the third Masonic Temple Building in Portsmouth, built in 1928 at the northeast corner of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets. The building permit issued in 1927 was the largest permit ever issued in Portsmouth and at nine floors it was the tallest building in Portsmouth.
Color photomechanical print of General Hospital at 2001 Scioto Trail taken after 1925. It was known as Hempstead Hospital from 1907 to 1925. It was re-named Scioto Memorial Hospital in 1964. The new Scioto Memorial hospital was opened on Twenty-Seventh (27th) Street in 1968. The old building was razed in 2006.
Colorized image of Chillicothe Street view of the First National Bank (right) and the old stone Post Office (left) after it was expanded in 1914. Gallia Street runs between the buildings. The post office was closed in 1936, and razed in 1956 for the construction of a five story Montgomery-Ward Department Store.
Colored photo image of Lincoln Elementary school at the corner of Kinneys Lane and Waller Street. It was opened in 1914 and became Portsmouth's first integrated elementary because of overcrowding at the Washington School in 1953. The building was razed in 2003 and the SOMC Cancer Center was built on the site.
