Antioch’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Antioch. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Pottawatomi Tribe historically inhabited in the area of present-day Antioch prior to European settlement. The tribe was pushed to the west by European/American encroachment in the 1830s although remnants can still be found today.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Antioch’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Antioch’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBusiness District, King's Drug St…, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Antioch
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Antioch, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Antioch is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Antioch has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is David Hall House in Lake Villa, 4.8 miles away.
Antioch and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Business District, King's Drug Store, The Rexall Store, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer (sign) (NBY 717) (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.