The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Glen Allen was settled circa 1870 and incorporated as a town in 1906. It was situated along the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway.
In the early morning hours of April 5, 2023, an EF-2 tornado ripped through Glen Allen causing widespread destruction and a number of injuries, including five fatalities.
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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 Glen Allen is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Glen Allen has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mayfield, Will, College Arts and Science Building in Marble Hill, 3 miles away.
Glen Allen and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Glen Allen
Mayfield, Will, College Arts and Science BuildingMarble Hill · Building3miMayfield, Will, College CampusMarble Hill · Building3miBurfordville Covered BridgeBurfordville · Structure12.9miBurfordville MillBurfordville · Building12.9miMiller-Seabaugh House and Dr. Seabaugh Office BuildingMillersville · Building15mi
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. Mayfield, Will, College Arts and Science Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Glen Allen?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Glen Allen’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.