Colorized photo image of the Sun Theater at 835 Gallia Street. This had formerly been the Orpheum Theater. It was sold and renamed The Sun in about 1914 and closed in 1915.
Colorized image of Burt & Hall Building at the southeast corner of Chillicothe and Third (3rd) Streets. Opened in 1899 as a men's clothing store Burt, Hall & Co., it held various offices and organizations before 1922 when Lewis Furniture moved in. From about 2012 until 2016 the Elite Institute of Cosmetics was in the building. Shawnee State University acquired the building in 2017.
Colorized image of the Park showing flowers and trees, with park train station in background. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres.
Black & white image of the Tacoma steamboat, built in 1883 at New Richmond, Ohio. She ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades. She burned in 1922 at Cincinnati along with three other steamboats.
Colorized photo image of the church on the corner of Grandview Ave. and Robinson Ave. This building had been enlarged and remodeled and is now known as Central Church of Christ. Original building no longer stands., and a new building sits next to where the original once stood.
Tinted image of the Greyhound steamboat on the river. The Greyhound was built in 1901 at Ironton. She was considered quite fast as she ran the Portsmouth-Proctorville trade. She was lost in ice December 31, 1917 when she was used as a wharfboat at Ironton.
Black & white photo image of the Brushart Building at the southwest corner of Chillicothe and Sixth (6th) Streets. The 1909 Portsmouth City Directory lists both Marting's Department Store and Lodge no. 390, K. of P. meetings at this address.
Black & white photo image of Tribe of Ben-Hur meeting hall. The fraternal insurance organization of Ben-Hur was incorporated in Indiana in 1894 with the consent of General Lew Wallace. The group sold life insurance in 30 states in 1920. The Tribe of Ben-Hur first organized in Portsmouth in 1900.
