The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Irondale was laid out in 1857 by John G. Scott, who built an iron furnace there. The town briefly changed its name to Savoy in 1906 to solve the problem of mail getting mixed up with the nearby towns of Ironton and Iron Mountain. A few years later the name was changed back to Irondale.
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📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Irondale is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Irondale has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Caledonia Historic District in Caledonia, 7.6 miles away.
Irondale and the nearest listed places
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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. Caledonia Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Irondale?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Irondale’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.