A history of Lewiston,
since 1818
Postcards, papers and photographs of Lewiston from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Town of Lewiston was formed in 1818 from the town of Cambria. Lewiston was the first European settlement in Western New York. A French explorer by the name of Étienne Brûlé arrived in 1615.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Lewiston’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSanborn (Village); Lewiston Busin…, 1875: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lewiston, decade by decade
![Niagara, Queenstown [i.e., Queenston] Heights from Lewiston](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/11544/15cf800a7fbd77b15c89-s.jpg)
1990s
unknown1 item
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Sanborn (Village); Lewiston Business Notices.; Lewiston (Village) (1875) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.