A history of Stevensville,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Stevensville from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Stevensville was founded in 1850 as a steamboat terminal. Today, the Stevensville Historic District contains roughly 100 historic structures dating back to the town's early days.
In addition to the Stevensville Historic District, the Christ Church, Cray House, Friendship, Legg's Dependence, Mattapax, and Stevensville Bank are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
On July 24, 2017, an EF2 tornado hit Stevensville, causing damage to homes, trees, and power lines and injuring one person.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Stevensville’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHistoric American Buildings Surve…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Stevensville
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Stevensville, decade by decade
CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey D. H. Smith, Photographe…1933
CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey D. H. Smith, Photographe…1933
CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey E.H. Pickering, Photogra…1936
CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey E.H. Pickering, Photogra…1936
CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey E.H. Pickering, Photogra…1936
CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey E.H. Pickering, Photogra…19361990s
5 historic places in Stevensville
Stevensville has 5 listings on the National Register, and they protect 88 historic buildings, because Stevensville Historic District alone counts 82.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1979Christ Church
Listed 1983Cray House
Listed 1985Stevensville Bank
Listed 1986Stevensville Historic District
Listed 1994FriendshipThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Historic American Buildings Survey D. H. Smith, Photographer 1940 NORTHEAST VIEW - Stinton, State Route 8, Stevensville… (1933) 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.