Black and white photo image of the lake in Millbrook Park with two women in the foreground. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. Greatly damaged by the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.
Colored, mostly green, image of two ladies by lake in Millbrook Park. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. It was totally dismantled by 1935.
Black and white photo image of pond scene at Millbrook Park, New Boston, Ohio. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres.
Black and white photo image of tree house in Timmonds Park, a park developed by Samuel Timmonds, who was a member of the board for the Biggs House, a popular Portsmouth hotel. The headline in Portsmouth Times May 11, 1897: "The New Park. Sam Timmonds is Making a Little Paradise Out of It. A Charmingly Beautiful Resort Within Easy Reach of Our Citizens." He added a lake in a December 13, 1897 Times article: "It is now one of the finest skating parks in the country, finished last week and the first good freeze will make fine skating. A dam will be built higher and a summer resort made out of it."