Bowling Green’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Bowling Green. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Bowling Green was first settled in 1832, was incorporated as a town in 1855, and became a city in 1901. The village was named after Bowling Green, Kentucky, by a retired postal worker who had once delivered mail there.
In 1868 Bowling Green was designated as the county seat, succeeding Perrysburg.
With the discovery of oil in the area in the late 19th and early 20th century, Bowling Green enjoyed a boom to its economy. The results of wealth generated at the time can still be seen in the downtown storefronts, and along Wooster Street, where many of the oldest and largest homes were built. A new county courthouse was also constructed in the 1890s. The Neoclassical US post office was erected in 1913.
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Start Bowling Green’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bowling Green’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewFloral Hall, City Park, Conneaut …: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Bowling Green
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Bowling Green, decade by decade
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5 historic places in Bowling Green
Bowling Green has 5 listings on the National Register, and they protect 186 historic buildings, because Boom Town Historic District alone counts 136.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1974Wood County Courthouse And Jail
Listed 1979U.S. Post Office
Listed 1982Floral HallListed 1980Main Street Historic DistrictListed 1987Boom Town Historic DistrictThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Floral Hall, City Park, Conneaut Avenue and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.