The Henry Massie School

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Stock #:376626
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
City: Portsmouth
State: Ohio (OH)
County: Scioto
Publisher: Fowler Photo
Postmark: 1919 Aug-17
Postmark City: Portsmouth
Postmark State: OH
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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The first school building on this site was a log structure built in 1823. Clark Smith was the first teacher. The second Street School was a three story red brick building with a cupola, built in 1850, razed 1917. Original tablet preserved in corridor. A reproduction of a silhouette portrait of Henry Massie with signature and date occupies a place on the walls in the new school. Henry Massie was born in 1768, founded Portsmouth in 1803, and died in 1830. He as buried at Oxmore, Ky. The centennial anniversary of the founding of the city, was marked by the publication of a "Pictorial Souvenir of Portsmouth" by H.A. Lorberg

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