Byesville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Byesville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Byesville was platted in 1856, and named for Jonathan Bye, the owner of a local mill. The village was incorporated in 1881.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Byesville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Byesville’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGlass Avenue looking West, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Byesville
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Byesville, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Byesville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Byesville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is McCreary-Burnworth House in Cambridge, 4 miles away.
Byesville 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 Glass Avenue looking West (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.