A history of Fremont,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Fremont from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Fremont is located on the former site of Junquindundeh, a historic Wyandot village on the west bank of the lower Sandusky River, near the falls and about 15 miles (24 km) upstream from its mouth at Sandusky Bay. French merchants established a trading post there in the 1750s, but British forces took over the trading post and rest of the area after their victory in the French and Indian War.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Fremont’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 viewFremont, Ohio - Civil War Token T…, 1860: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fremont
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Fremont, decade by decade
1990s
7 historic places in Fremont
7 places in Fremont 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
Architectural styles
When they were listed
LandmarkListed 1966Rutherford B. Hayes House
Listed 1974Ralph P. Buckland House
Listed 1977St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Listed 1983Frederick Fabing House
Listed 1990Joseph and Rachel Bartlett House
Listed 1991Soldiers Memorial Parkway and McKinley Memorial Parkway
Listed 1997Sandusky County Jail and Sheriff's HouseThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Fremont, Ohio - Civil War Token Thompson & Spicer Peace Maker Stove R6 (1860's) Stevehayden 01 (1860) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.