Elks City Center & Lodge Building
B.P.O.E.-Benevolent Protective Order of Elk No 154
The Elks organization bought the existing house and remodeled for their needs in 1931.
The original house was built by Eli Kinney (about 1849). His brother Philander Kinney lived in the house for some time and later had a succession of owners.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: 56th O. V. I. Feb. 12, 1862, on Board Steamer Poland Starting for Fort Donaldson, Tenn.; Old Time Firemen; Hon. Eli Glover; Ad for the Portsmouth Engine Company
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photograph of the 56th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (1911) by Virgil Fowler; Samuel Reed; Hon. Horace L. Chapman; A. R. Morrison
Yellow and off-white cover with photo of Miss America and Miss Portsmouth, 1961. Some water spots. Inside: photos and information on the 1962 Miss Portsmouth Pageant. Presented by Junior Chamber of Commerce. 10 pages.