A history of Greene,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Greene from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Part of modern Greene was from land purchased in 1785 from the Oneida and Tuscarora people, but many of the Oneida remained in the area until circa 1812. In 1792, the first outside settler arrived and established himself at Greene village.
The town was originally known as Hornby, but was changed to Greene in honor of General Nathanael Greene, a hero of the American Revolution.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Greene’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGreene (Township); Brisbin (Villa…, 1875: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Greene
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Greene, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Greene is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Greene has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Clinton-Rosekrans Law Building in Greene, 0.2 miles away.
Greene and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Greene (Township); Brisbin (Village); Mt. Upton (Village); Town of Greene Business Notices (1875) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.