The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Harrison Township was organized in 1836. It was named for William Henry Harrison, who had served as Governor of the Indiana Territory, congressman, senator, and who would afterward serve as the ninth President of the United States.
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Start Harrison’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harrison’s history is told.
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Before
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 Harrison is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Harrison has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Thompson Barnett House in Clay, 6.5 miles away.
Harrison and the nearest listed places
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How 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. Thompson Barnett House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Harrison?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Harrison’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.