The Kennedy-Burnside Building Before Renovation (2019).

ID: 712 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Andrew Feight, Ph.D., from the Scioto Historical Series, private collection, Friendship, Ohio. ~ Creator: Andrew Feight, Ph.D. ~ Date: 2019
This file appears in: Kennedy & Ashton's Feed Store
The Kennedy-Burnside Building Before Renovation (2019).
This file appears in: Kennedy & Ashton's Feed Store

By Andrew Feight, Ph.D.
Built in 1852 by Milton Kennedy, Portsmouth's most outspoken abolitionist, the building first housed Kennedy's feed store, which was an auxiliary to his dealings as a grain merchant. Before some major financial reverses in 1855, Kennedy was…