Constantine’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Constantine. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Potawatomi and related Native Americans historically had villages along the St. Joseph River and other waterways. Several of their leaders signed the Treaty of Chicago, agreeing to cede much of their land in southwestern Michigan, Indiana and Ohio country.
The village was platted in 1831 at the Fawn River's confluence with the St. Joseph River, where three European-American families had settled. A gristmill, the first in the county to run by water, had been built here in 1830.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Constantine’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Constantine’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSt. Joe River, Constantine, Michi…, c. 1914: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Constantine, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Constantine is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Constantine has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Morse-Scoville House in Constantine, 0.1 miles away.
Constantine and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as St. Joe River, Constantine, Michigan back (c. 1914) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.