The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Radcliffe was laid out in 1880 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named after the novel The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte Mary Yonge.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Radcliffe’s history is told.
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Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Radcliffe is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Radcliffe has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Herschel-Spillman Two-Row Portable Menagerie Carousel in Story City, 11.9 miles away.
Radcliffe and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Radcliffe
Herschel-Spillman Two-Row Portable Menagerie CarouselStory City · Structure11.9miGrand Auditorium and Hotel BlockStory City · Building12.3miHenry T. and Emilie (Wiese) Henryson HouseStory City · Building12.5miLincoln Township MausoleumZearing · Building12.7miSchultz Brothers Drug StoreWilliams · Built 190113.1mi
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Herschel-Spillman Two-Row Portable Menagerie Carousel’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Radcliffe?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Radcliffe’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.