Dover’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Dover. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Dover was platted in 1839. The community took its name from a nearby church of the same name. A post office called Dover has been in operation since 1835.
The James M. Dinwiddie House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
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Start Dover’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dover’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMethodist Church: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Dover
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Dover, decade by decade
2000
unknown3 items
1 historic place in Dover
1 place in Dover is 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
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Methodist Church and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.