The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Marietta was platted in 1884. A post office has been in operation at Marietta since 1884. A share of the early settlers were natives of Marietta, Ohio. The city was incorporated in 1899.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marietta’s history is told.
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Marietta, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
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 Marietta is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Marietta has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is First State Bank Building in Revillo, 7.4 miles away.
Marietta and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Marietta. Tap a dot.
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. First State Bank Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Marietta?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Marietta’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.