The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The village of Ellsworth was founded in 1881. It quickly took in the previous villages of Needmore and Ox Bow. It was incorporated as a village in 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ellsworth’s history is told.
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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 Ellsworth is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ellsworth has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is John J. and Eva Reynier Porter Estate in South Arm, 4 miles away.
Ellsworth and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Ellsworth
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. John J. and Eva Reynier Porter Estate’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ellsworth?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ellsworth’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.