The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Forestville began with the building of a sawmill here in 1854. Its post office first opened in 1856. It was incorporated as a village in 1895.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Forestville’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 Forestville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Forestville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Frank Murphy Birthplace in Harbor Beach, 12.8 miles away.
Forestville and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Forestville
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. Frank Murphy Birthplace’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Forestville?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Forestville’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.