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     Briggs Lawrence County Public Library would like to thank Jim and Connie Adkins for their donation of postcards. A selection of their postcards featuring Ironton and Lawrence County can be accessed through this site.

Tanks Memorial Stadium Dedication

  The picture is of Mary Boyd Earls, Jesse Earls (her son), and Amanda Perdue (Jesse’s wife). 

         This is from the Bible of Euna Elizabeth Hagley Riley. Euna Elizabeth Hagley Riley was born in West Virginia, but lived and married in Chesapeake, Ohio for many, many years.
          She married Ernest Garland Riley from Bradick and some parts of Greasy Ridge, Ohio. In 1951, she and Ernest divorced. They had four children during their marriage, Carlena, Joseph, Hayward, and Janice Rose.
          Janice Rose Riley is still alive and resides in Florida.

Historical Houses by Name

     Located at 503 South 6th Street on the corner of Adams and 6th Street (Ironton, Ohio), the M. S. Bartram House has been called the Dolin Apartments and the Charles Campbell House. M. S. Bartram was the architect when the house was built in the 1870’s. The house is an example of Italianate architecture. The rectangular shape house stands two stories on a stone foundation. A truncated hip roof has exposed rafters with decorated trim under it. The house also has a front porch.

     Also known as the Russell House, the Captain William Bay House was built in the 1880’s. Captain William Bay was the house’s architect. Captain Bay chose to design his house in the Second Empire Victorian style. The irregular shaped house has two and half stories with a basement. It has a mansard truncated slate hip roof. The house is situated on an ashlar foundation. A boxed tower facing northeast has a Fleur de lis decoration and wrought iron cresting around the top.
     Today, the house is located at 620 South 6th Street, Ironton, Ohio.

     The Bentley House is also called the L. Cloran House and was built circa 1860. Located at 826 North 5th Street in Ironton, Ohio, the house is an example of Italiante architectural style. The ashlar sandstone foundation supports two stories and a basement. The walls are made of brick with a stucco treatment. The house is in an “L” shape. A hip composition roof has a gabled ell. The gabled wall dormer at the front of the house has a decorative collar tie. A one story wrap around porch is supported by three smooth Tuscan columns. The house has a small portico to the rear.