The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Settled by Germans in the 1850s, Freeburg was platted in 1903 and named after the German city of Freiburg, soon after the railroad was extended to that point.
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Start Freeburg’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Freeburg’s history is told.
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Freeburg, 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 Freeburg is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Freeburg has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Parsonage in Linn, 6 miles away.
Freeburg and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Freeburg
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. Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Parsonage’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Freeburg?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Freeburg’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.