A history of Coleraine,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Coleraine from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Coleraine has been in operation since 1906. The city was named for Thomas F. Cole, a businessperson in the mining industry.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Coleraine’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 viewColeraine, Minn, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Coleraine, decade by decade
1990s
6 historic places in Coleraine
6 places in Coleraine are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1980Coleraine Carnegie LibraryListed 1980Church of the Good ShepherdListed 1982Canisteo District General Office BuildingListed 1982Coleraine Methodist Episcopal ChurchListed 1982General Superintendent's HouseListed 1992Coleraine City HallThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Coleraine, Minn (1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.