Colorized photo image of St. Mary's Church. Location-500 Market Street. The church building was completed and dedicated, July 31, 1871. Well known for the matched set of three working tower bells. The bells were cast in Baltimore, Maryland by the McShane Company in 1895.
Black & white photo image of St. Mary's School on the north side of Fifth (5th) Street, between Court and Market Streets. Construction began in 1899 and the first four-year high school students graduated in 1921. Notre Dame High School opened in 1953 and the St. Mary's building was razed soon after.
St. Mary's Church is located at the northwest corner of Fifth (5th) Street.
Bigelow Methodist Church is located on Washington Street at the southwest corner of Fifth (5th) Street.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: St. Mary's Church (1860s); 60th Anniversary; Pig Iron Davis; M. & C. Railway; George Davis; F.H. Shoenberger; Judge Peck; Samuel McConnell; James Franz; L.C. Damarin; Captain William Moore; Ewing Davis; Cooley Barber; Henry Davisson; B.F. Conway & Co.
Colored photo image of two-story building. The 1914 Portsmouth City Directory lists: "St. John's School, Sisters of St. Francis in charge, Sixth (6th) Street north west corner Gay Street."
