Ambia’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Ambia. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Ambia was laid out by Ezekiel M. Talbot and his wife Marietta on February 22, 1875, and named for their daughter Ambia Talbot. (The couple had two years earlier planned the nearby town of Talbot.) Its first building was a house erected by James C. Pugh which was soon joined by a grain elevator, general store and blacksmith. A drug store, hardware store, hotel, physician and a variety of other establishments followed.
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Start Ambia’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ambia’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewAmbia downtown Indiana historic: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Ambia
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Nothing in Ambia is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ambia has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hoopeston Carnegie Public Library in Hoopeston, 7.9 miles away.
Ambia 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 Ambia downtown Indiana historic and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.