Lowell’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Lowell. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Lowell has been in operation since 1883. The city was named after Lowell, Maine. The city was founded by Oregon pioneer Amos Damon Hyland of Illinois.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Lowell’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lowell’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLookout Point Reservoir in centra…, 1980: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lowell, decade by decade
1990s
3 historic places in Lowell
3 places in Lowell are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Lookout Point Reservoir in central Oregon (1980) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.