Albion’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Albion. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The settlement now known as Albion was originally known to the world as "Mr. Morris Birkbeck's English Prairie", when Morris Birkbeck, an English Quaker, with co-founder George Flower (1788–1862) established the town as a utopian community in 1817. In 1818, following an irreconcilable fall-out between Birkbeck and Flower, the portion of English Prairie then settled on by Flower was given the name Albion.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Albion’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Albion’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewPagoda, Albion Mineral Wells, Alb…, 1914: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Albion
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Albion, decade by decade
1990s
unknown2 items
1 historic place in Albion
1 place in Albion is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Pagoda, Albion Mineral Wells, Albion Ill (NBY 428686) (1914) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.