Augusta’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 9 old photos of Augusta. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Augusta was founded in 1836, by Heinrich Knoernschild of Tiefengrun, Germany. There are stories of another man who named the town after his wife, although those theories cannot be proven.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Start Augusta’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Augusta’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo9 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMount Pleasant: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Augusta
See all 2 →Augusta, decade by decade
2000
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11 historic places in Augusta
Augusta has 11 listings on the National Register, and they protect 52 historic buildings, because Walnut Street Historic District alone counts 34.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Mount Pleasant and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (8), the Library of Congress (9) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.