The Railroad Y. M. C. A was built in 1908 to accommodate the N and W railroad workers needing to stay over in Portsmouth.
It was located on Gallia Street at the upper end of Norfolk Street.
Colorized postcard of the Portsmouth Public Library, opened in 1906 at 1220 Gallia Street in Portsmouth. Henry A. Lorberg, local newspaper reporter and historian, contacted Andrew Carnegie and obtained $50,000 to build a free public library in…