Crown Point’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Crown Point. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗On October 31, 1834, Solon Robinson and his family became the first settlers to stake a claim in the area that would eventually become Crown Point. In February 1837, Lake County was incorporated, with Liverpool, Indiana, as the county seat. Later that year, Solon Robinson funded a US$500 project to build a new wooden county courthouse in Crown Point, and the legislature was delighted to designate it as the county seat. It was not until 1868 that Crown Point was incorporated as a town.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Crown Point’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crown Point’s history is told.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLouis Chevrolet in a Buick s055205, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Crown Point, decade by decade
1950s
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Louis Chevrolet in a Buick s055205 (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.