Newburgh’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Newburgh. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗As a town situated on the fertile banks of the Ohio River, Newburgh has a long history of human activity. Western explorers first arrived in the area in the 17th century. For centuries prior to that, it had been inhabited by the Shawnee people and was near the center of prehistoric Mississippian culture as late as 1450 A.D. Evidence of this prehistoric society remains today at Angel Mounds, a National Historic Landmark, and Ellerbusch site, both approximately two miles west of Newburgh.
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Start Newburgh’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newburgh’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGaines Hardy Roberts House, Wonde…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Newburgh
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Newburgh, decade by decade
2000
unknown2 items
CommonsNewburgh-Indiana-sketch2016
CommonsNewburgh-Indiana-Riverfront2016
CommonsNewburgh, Indiana2016
CommonsNewburgh Collage2016
CommonsNewburgh-captured-18622012
CommonsState and Jennings in2011
CommonsNewburgh, Indiana, Rivertown Trail on Ohio River2010
CommonsNewburgh, Indiana Rivertown Trail 201020102 historic places in Newburgh
Newburgh has 2 listings on the National Register, and they protect 28 historic buildings, because Original Newburgh Historic District alone counts 27.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Gaines Hardy Roberts House, Wonderland Route and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (8) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.