Steubenville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Steubenville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1786–87, soldiers of the First American Regiment under Major Jean François Hamtramck built Fort Steuben to protect the government surveyors mapping the land west of the Ohio River. The fort was named in honor of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a Prussian army officer who reformed the Continental Army during the American Revolution. When the surveyors completed their task a few years later, the fort was abandoned. In the meantime, settlers had built homes around the fort; they named their settlement Steubenville. The town was sometimes referred to as La Belle City, a franglais interpretation of "The Beautiful City".
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Steubenville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Steubenville’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewView in, 1865: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Steubenville, decade by decade
1990s
9 historic places in Steubenville
Steubenville has 9 listings on the National Register, and they protect 130 historic buildings, because North End Neighborhood Historic District alone counts 70.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1982Steubenville YMCA Building
Listed 1987Union Cemetery-Beatty Park
Listed 1992Carnegie Library of Steubenville
Listed 2006First Methodist Episcopal-Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox ChurchListed 1979Ohio Valley Clay CompanyListed 1986Steubenville Commercial Historic DistrictListed 1991North End Neighborhood Historic DistrictListed 1992Market Street Section, Retaining Wall and Water TroughListed 2026Steubenville Institutional and Ecclesiastical Historic DistrictThen & now
the same place, years apart
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1904 · LOCToday · Wikidata
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.