The Royal in Portsmouth, Ohio

ID: 882 ~ Source: Scioto Historical Collection, Center for Public History, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. ~ Creator: Vaughn Wascovich ~ Date: 2022

This file appears in: NFL Spartans Business Office in the Royal Savings & Loan Building

Photograph captures the Royal Savings & Loan Building, which would be the location of the Harry N. Snyder's Universal Contracting Company and the business office of the NFL Spartans.

This file appears in: NFL Spartans Business Office in the Royal Savings & Loan Building

NFL Spartans Business Office in the Royal Savings & Loan Building

By Andrew Feight, Ph.D.

Harry N. Snyder, the largest share owner of the Spartans, was the sole proprietor of the Universal Contracting Company. Snyder had prospered in the 1920s with major road, bridge, and dam construction projects on the Ohio River and in Portsmouth and…