History · Cherrytree

Cherrytree’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Cherrytree. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

3old images & papers
1historic places
2need a date
From Cherrytree’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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The Bridge in Cherrytree Township and Drake Oil Well are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1913Cherrytree, Pa., Jan. 1913LOC
1920–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cherrytree’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCherrytree, Pa., Jan. 1913, 1913: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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By decade

Cherrytree, decade by decade

1920s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Cherrytree

1 place in Cherrytree is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.

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In Pennsylvaniaby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
1National Historic LandmarkDrake Oil Well
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1966first listedDrake Oil Well

Where they are

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When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Cherrytree, Pa., Jan. 1913 (1913) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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