Portsmouth, Ohio changing Chillicothe street.

Portsmouth-The changing Chillicothe Street updated 10 Feb. 2012

Pictures and information about the stores along Chillicothe Street in Portsmouth over the years

Chillicothe Street in 1895 looking north

Portsmouth Chillicothe street 1898
Chillicothe Street in Portsmouth in 1898

Looking south the Portsmouth Post Office and First National Bank

abt 1910 Port. post office and Chur
Abt 1910 Portsmouth Post office and Methodist Church. Masonic building sets where the church was and currently 5th Third Bank where the Post Office was.

Abt 1909 Birds eye view of Portsmouth
Birds eye view abt. 1909 looking north up Chillicothe street from the former Masonic Temple.
The Masonic Temple, in 1925, was destroyed by fire with damages estimated at $1 million.

Portsmouth Tower Post Office abt 19
The Tower Post Office about 1916

1913 Portsmouth Flood, North Chillicothe Street
Note the 6th street Methodist church standing where now is the Mosaic Building. The building beside it at one time housed Montgomery Ward and is now a parking lot. The Post office building front right was torn down and was replaced by Montgomery Ward building which is now 5th Third Bank. Sears in 1913 is now The Emporium (also now closed).
Portsmouth Play House
Portsmouth Playhouse & Elks Club about 1921. Building at one time was the 6th street Methodist Church and present location of the Masonic building.

Portsmouth Chillicothe st. abt. 1910 note Marting Brothers

Chillicothe street. looking south abt. 1910 note Marting Brothers Co.

Portsmouth Chillicothe St. looking
Chillicothe Street looking South abt 1910

Portsmouth Chillicothe St. 28 Mar 1
Chillicothe Street March 28, 1913

Portsmouth Grand Opera House and Hotel built in 1895. Gutted by fire in 1914 and never reopened. In 1916 the building was rebuilt and remodeled and was occupied by S. S. Kresgee's 5 & 10. It is now occupied by the Diamond Gem Pawn Shop

Portsmouth Krege's early 1920
Krege's 4th and Chillicothe Streets early 1920s
from the Carl Ackerman collection

Portsmouth Kresge story

Kresgee's interior 1950s. The store was closed in 1985.

Chillicothe Street, looking North, showing City Opera House. The Opera house in late 20s became Kresgee's 5 & 10 and is now occupied by the Diamond Gem Pawn Shop 1908 Chillicothe St. looking south
Chillicothe Street looking south in 1908

Grande Hotel, Portsmouth
Grand Hotel, 7th and Chillicothe Street. Portsmouth, Ohio. Later became the Lee Hotel owned by the Milner Chain and was popular with business men in the 50s and 60s. North of it was the Gardner Theater. Kroger now occupies this site.

Portsmouth Tower Post Office 1907
Portsmouth Tower Post Office 1907
The Tower Post Office was built in 1888 and was torn down in the late 1950s. Montgomery Wards was built there, then it became Security Central Bank, Then Bank One and is now occupied by Fifth Third Bank

Hotel Hurth abt 1938
Hurth Hotel corner of Third & Chillicothe Streets about 1938
Built in 1923, The Hurth Hotel was named for and owned by Adolph Hurth. Architect was C.C. Taylor.

Hurth Hotel, Portsmouth , Ohio 1930-50s

First National Bank, Portsmouth, Ohio about 1918
Notice only half of it was built at this time to see if it would be successful and the other half was built in the 20's

Chillicothe Street in the 50's

Children's Day Parade in Portsmouth
Children's Day parade in Portsmouth

Portsmouth Kum Korn Karnival 1915
Oct 6, 7, 8, 9 1915 Kum Korn Karnival in Portsmouth

Portsmouth Chillicothe Street abt 1910 at night
Chillicothe Street at night about 1910

c 1910 Looking north on Chillicothe street from corner of second street, Portsmouth, Ohio
About 1910 Chillicothe St., looking North Portsmouth

Portsmouth Chilicothe St. looking N from second st.
Chillicothe St. looking north from second street about 1910

Portsmouth Albert Zoellner clock
Albert Zoellner Jewelry Store & clock at Third & Chillicothe Streets. The clock was erected Nov 10, 1910. On the far left is the store owner posing with his staff. The Union Painless Dentist was located on the second floor. The Zoellner store was originally located on Second street where the first Zoellner clock was erected in 1867.

Portsmouth Chillicothe St abt 1924
Chillicothe Street looking north from just below Third Street abt. 1924. Note the Zoellner clock on right.

Portsmouth Chillicothe St. c 1907

Portsmouth Kobackers late 1950s
Kobackers in the 1950s

Portsmouth 2nd & Chillicothe Street
This picture was taken about 1963 showing 2nd and Chillicothe Street before urban renewal began. Smith Drug Store, the former Ramada Inn and there parking facilities replaced those buildings.

Portsmouth Chillicothe St. trolley
Chillicothe street looking north note the trolley tracks

1913 flood before Hurth Hotel
Portsmouth Chillicothe Street in 1913 before Hurth Hotel was built

Portsmouth 1940s
Chillicothe Street in the 1940s

Crossing Grant Bridge 1954
Crossing U. S. Grant Bridge in 1954


Chillicothe Street, looking North, showing City Opera House. The Opera house in late 20s became Kresgee's 5 & 10 and is now occupied by the Diamond Gem Pawn Shop	Chillicothe Street looking south in 1908

Grand Hotel, 7th and Chillicothe Street. Portsmouth, Ohio. Later became the Lee Hotel owned by the Milner Chain and was popular with business men in the 50s and 60s. North of it was the Gardner Theater. Kroger now occupies this site.	Portsmouth Tower Post Office 1907 The Tower Post Office was built in 1888 and was torn down in the late 1950s. Montgomery Wards was built there, then it became Security Central Bank, Then Bank One and is now occupied by Fifth Third Bank
Hurth Hotel corner of Third & Chillicothe Streets about 1938 Built in 1923, The Hurth Hotel was named for and owned by Adolph Hurth. Architect was C.C. Taylor.	Hurth Hotel, Portsmouth , Ohio 1930-50s
	First National Bank, Portsmouth, Ohio about 1918 Notice only half of it was built at this time to see if it would be successful and the other half was built in the 20's
Chillicothe Street in the 50's