The story
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ardmore’s history is told.
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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 Ardmore is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ardmore has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Adalbert Church Complex in South Bend, 2.6 miles away.
Ardmore and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Ardmore
St. Adalbert Church ComplexSouth Bend · Building2.6mi
O'Brien Electric Priming CompanySouth Bend · Building2.6mi
South Bend Brewing AssociationSouth Bend · 19th and 20th Century Revivals2.6mi
Marquette SchoolSouth Bend · Building2.6mi
Muessel-Drewry's BrewerySouth Bend · 19th and 20th Century Revivals2.7mi
O'Brien Electric Priming CompanySouth Bend · Building2.6miSouth Bend Brewing AssociationSouth Bend · 19th and 20th Century Revivals2.6miMarquette SchoolSouth Bend · Building2.6miMuessel-Drewry's BrewerySouth Bend · 19th and 20th Century Revivals2.7miHow 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. St. Adalbert Church Complex’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ardmore?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ardmore’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.