The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Originally known as "East Mount Carmel", the name of the community was changed around the time a post office was established in August 1887.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Summerside’s history is told.
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Summerside, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Summerside is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Summerside has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Langdon House in Union, 0.7 miles away.
Summerside and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Langdon House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Summerside?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Summerside’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.