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Kirby's Flower Shop, 923 Gallia Street, Portsmouth

Kirby's Flower Shop, 923 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH. Surveyed as HABS OHIO,73-PORT,14-, with 1 photograph and a 164-word written history.

From the record

“Kirby's Flower Shop, 923 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH”

Survey record header. Machine-read text.

surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS OHIO,73-PORT,14- · the record runs 164 words · one of 17 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Kirby's Flower Shop, 923 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH, photograph filed with the federal survey

1 photograph from the federal survey record, Library of Congress.

Location

107 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS OHIO,73-PORT,14-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

History: Source: 925 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio Kirby's Flower Shop is a typical local expression of vernacular Art Deco/Modeme commercial design. The Carrara glass facing tile provides a curvilinear and contrasting pattern, which is characteristic of Art Deco design. The rounded entrance corner is sheltered by a nearly completely circular roof outlined in metal. The main portion of the shop was built in and designed by Arthur DeVoss and Charles Donaldson. The second story and greenhouse addition was built in For more information, see HABS No. r the William Hall House. Miami University Art Museum. P5 fcsmouth ^^ C^te^tureJUa^ an Ohio River Town. Oxford, Ohio",

In context

Portsmouth, Ohio The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Scioto County, Ohio 100 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report, and the sheets the survey produced. Those published here appear above.

Also surveyed in Portsmouth

16 records

The federal surveyors worked through Portsmouth building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

SheetStructure SurveyReport
William Newman House, photograph filed with the federal surveyWilliam Newman HouseHABS OHIO,73-PORT,5-1,575 words
Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, photograph filed with the federal surveyScioto Pennsylvania Through Truss BridgeHAER OHIO,73-PORT,1-1,366 words
Andrew O'Neill House, photograph filed with the federal surveyAndrew O'Neill HouseHABS OHIO,73-PORT,4-1,199 words
William Hall House, photograph filed with the federal surveyWilliam Hall HouseHABS OHIO,73-PORT,10-415 words
Murtaugh Kehoe HouseHABS OHIO,73-PORT,3-288 words
Joseph G. Reed Company, photograph filed with the federal surveyJoseph G. Reed CompanyHABS OHIO,73-PORT,2-278 words
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, photograph filed with the federal surveyIndependent Order of Odd FellowsHABS OHIO,73-PORT,12-199 words
Emerson & Grace Hoobler House, photograph filed with the federal surveyEmerson & Grace Hoobler HouseHABS OHIO,73-PORT,11-173 words
Excelsior Shoe Factory, photograph filed with the federal surveyExcelsior Shoe FactoryHABS OHIO,73-PORT,7-173 words
Portsmouth Foundry, photograph filed with the federal surveyPortsmouth FoundryHABS OHIO,73-PORT,16-160 words
All Saints Episcopal Church, photograph filed with the federal surveyAll Saints Episcopal ChurchHABS OHIO,73-PORT,6-155 words
John McDowell House, photograph filed with the federal surveyJohn McDowell HouseHABS OHIO,73-PORT,15-154 words
Holly Store, photograph filed with the federal surveyHolly StoreHABS OHIO,73-PORT,10-154 words
Tracey House, photograph filed with the federal surveyTracey HouseHABS OHIO,73-PORT,17-152 words
Peter Kinney House, photograph filed with the federal surveyPeter Kinney HouseHABS OHIO,73-PORT,13-146 words
Greyhound Bus Depot, photograph filed with the federal surveyGreyhound Bus DepotHABS OHIO,73-PORT,8-136 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS OHIO,73-PORT,14-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
  • How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from linked records; page labels and counts are clearly marked as presentation or calculations.