Addison’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 5 old photos of Addison. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Peter Augustine laid out the town of Petersburg, which later became Addison, in 1818. Henry Stuller built the first house here in 1820, the same year in which John Brown built a tavern. A schoolhouse was constructed about 1832, and a foundry was begun by Thomas & Nathan Cooper in 1844.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Addison’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Addison’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewAddison, PA, built 1814, N. HY. R…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Addison
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Addison, decade by decade
1990s
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1 historic place in Addison
1 place in Addison is 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 Addison, PA, built 1814, N. HY. Rates of Toll on the Cumberland Road in Pennsylvania (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.