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7 landmarks tell Hamburg’s story

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What stands out about Hamburg’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hamburg’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
On the National Register

7 historic places in Hamburg

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
7
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
21
each building in a district counts
first listed
1975
Watson-Sawyer House
in Arkansas
#70
by listings

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

10 famous people were born in Hamburg

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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The story

How Hamburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hamburg.

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The Hamburg Commercial Historic District is a two-block area centered around the town square that includes twenty-four buildings, most of which are brick structures built before 1920. The former site of the Ashley County Courthouse is now a grassy park with a gazebo. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hamburg, 1883 to 1990

Woven from the archive, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Born hereHarry Kane is born here
  3. 20th century
  4. 1964Born hereMyron Jackson is born here
  5. 1965Born hereScottie Pippen is born here
  6. 1990Born hereStevi Perry is born here
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Hamburg, decade by decade

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From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (7), Wikipedia and Wikidata for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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