A history of Lewiston,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Lewiston from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Lewiston has been in operation since 1872. The city was named for Jonathan Smith Lewis, a pioneer settler. Lewiston was incorporated in 1873. Lewiston - the first stop on the Winona-Rochester stagecoach line - was an important source of support for those travelers.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Lewiston’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewNear Lewiston, Minn., the Pulpit, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lewiston
See all 4 →Lewiston, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Lewiston is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lewiston has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Benjamin Ellsworth House in Utica, 4.3 miles away.
Lewiston 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 Near Lewiston, Minn., the Pulpit (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.