The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Randall has been in operation since 1863. The city was named for Samuel J. Randall, a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Start Randall’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Randall’s history is told.
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Randall, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
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 Randall is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Randall has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Henry T. and Emilie (Wiese) Henryson House in Story City, 3.4 miles away.
Randall and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Randall
Henry T. and Emilie (Wiese) Henryson HouseStory City · Building3.4mi
Grand Auditorium and Hotel BlockStory City · Building3.5miHerschel-Spillman Two-Row Portable Menagerie CarouselStory City · Structure3.5miKeigley Branch BridgeGilbert · Structure6.9mi
Pleasant Grove Community Church and CemeteryGilbert · Building9.1miHow 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. Henry T. and Emilie (Wiese) Henryson House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Randall?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Randall’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.