Color photo image of the interior of the Security Central Bank at 825 Gallia Street. After the bank moved into the vacant Montgomery Ward Department store in 1976, this space became the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center.
Colorized photograph of Chillicothe Street looking north during the parade. The old stone Post Office at the corner of Gallia and Chillicothe is the right.
Colorized image of the crowds at Scioto County Court House during the 1916 Portsmouth Korn Karnival. The Korn Karnival was held each fall from 1913 to 1917 when it was suspended due to World War I.
Colorized image of the C. & O. Railway Bridge over the Ohio River viewed from Sciotoville. Completed in 1917, it is the longest continuous truss railroad bridge ever built. The distance from the Ohio shore to the Kentucky shore is 1,600 feet.
Black and white photo image of a group of unknown individuals standing around the First United Brethren Church located at the corner of Seventh (7th) and Gay Streets. On the back, written in pen is "Cornerstone laying U. B. Church, 1917"
Black and white photo image of the First Presbyterian Church located at 221 Court Street at the corner of Third (3rd) Street. The lighter building on the right was built about 1850 and has walls made of two-foot thick native brick. It is listed on the National Historic Register. The building at the left is the Sunday School built in 1910.
Colorized image of the first Mercy Hospital, which opened July 15, 1921 in the Baron family homestead which was enlarged and remodeled to accommodate twenty-seven beds. John Baron had deeded the property on Kinney's Lane for the location of a hospital. In January 1923 construction of the new five story 50-bed building was begun. After additions and expansions in the 50's and 60's, the building was razed in 2001.
Sepia toned photo Image of Gay and Gallia Streets. A. M. Glockner Hardware Store can be seen in the center of the photograph. It was located at 900-903 Gallia Street.
Colorized image of the Henry Massie School building on the southwest corner of Second (2nd) & Chillicothe Streets. It was opened in 1918 and closed in 1958. It was re-named Griffin Hall for use by the Ohio University Portsmouth Branch from 1961 to 1967. It was razed in 2003.
