Bath’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Bath. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗European settlement near the Pamlico River in the 1690s led to the founding of Bath. The first settlers were mostly English farmers and French Huguenots (Protestants who went as refugees to England and Virginia); among those inhabitants was John Lawson, naturalist, explorer, and town father. The town was named after Bath, England by the English settlers who founded the town.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Bath’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bath’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Old Colonial House, the Gover…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Bath
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Bath, decade by decade
1990s
5 historic places in Bath
5 places in Bath are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The Old Colonial House, the Governor's Mansion in olden days. Supposed to have been built 1730 [Palmer-Marsh House] (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom 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.