A history of Winslow,
since 1900
Postcards, papers and photographs of Winslow from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Winslow was named for either Edward F. Winslow, president of St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, which owned half of the old Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, or Tom Winslow, a prospector who lived in the area.
The Harvey House, designed by Mary Colter, opened in 1930; It closed in 1957, and—early in the 1960s—the Santa Fe Railway gutted much of it, transforming it into its offices. The railroad abandoned the property in 1994 and announced plans to tear it down. However, it was bought and restored by Allan Affeldt, and now is known as the La Posada Hotel.
U.S. Route 66 originally passed through the city. A contract to build Interstate 40 as a bypass north of Winslow was awarded at the end of 1977.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Winslow’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDrumm's Auto Court - modern - Win…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Winslow
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Winslow, decade by decade
1990s
9 historic places in Winslow
Winslow has 9 listings on the National Register, and they protect 73 historic buildings, because Winslow Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation) alone counts 18.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1978Brigham City
Listed 1988Winslow Underpass
Listed 1989Winslow Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Listed 1992La Posada Historic District
Listed 2002Hubbell, Lorenzo, Trading Post and WarehouseListed 1989Winslow BridgeListed 1989Winslow Residential Historic DistrictListed 2002Winslow Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)Listed 2022Winslow Municipal Airport Historic DistrictThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Drumm's Auto Court - modern - Winslow's newest U.S. Highway 66 - two blocks from town (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.