Eleventh Street Entrance to the Booker T. Washington School, Portsmouth, Ohio

The Booker T. Washington School on Eleventh Street was built by the Portsmouth City School Board in 1927. The original architectural plans, which were created by DeVoss & Donaldson, a local firm, envisioned the demolition of the old structure, but ultimately the school board decided to retain the older building by attaching it to the new school. Built for $65,394 by W. J. Linn Construction Company, the new Washington School would continue to use classrooms in the old Eleventh Street School until the mid-1960s, when the the whole school was finally closed.