Glendale’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Glendale. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗After construction of a railroad line south from Roseburg in 1881–83, Solomon Abraham, the local right-of-way agent, platted the community and named it "Julia" after his wife. After a dispute with Abraham, A. F. Morris, the chief engineer for the railroad, changed the name to "Glendale". A Julia post office was established in February 1883, and its name was changed to Glendale in August of the same year. L. D. Montgomery was the first postmaster. Fire destroyed much of Glendale's business district in 1928. Glendale was quickly rebuilt.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Glendale’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glendale’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSP 4415 eastbound into Glendale, …, 1982: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Glendale, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Glendale is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Glendale has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Wolf Creek Tavern in Glendale, 3.4 miles away.
Glendale 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 SP 4415 eastbound into Glendale, OR on July 30, 1982 (1982) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.