Kimmswick’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Kimmswick. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Kimmswick was platted in 1859 by Theodore Kimm, who gave the town his last name. A post office called Kimmswick was established in 1858, and remains open.
The Kimmswick Historic District and Windsor Harbor Road Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Start Kimmswick’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kimmswick’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewHermann-Oheim House, Fourth & Mar…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Kimmswick, decade by decade
2000
unknown2 items
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hermann-Oheim House, Fourth & Market Streets and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.