The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗On May 18, 2021, the township voted 72% to 25% to create a Home Rule Government Study Commission, the first step to incorporating the township as either a borough or city.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clara’s history is told.
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Clara, 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 Clara is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Clara has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Coudersport Historic District in Coudersport, 8 miles away.
Clara and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Clara
Coudersport Historic DistrictCoudersport · District8mi
Potter County CourthouseCoudersport · Greek Revival8.1mi
Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad StationCoudersport · Building8.3mi
Lynn HallLiberty · Modern Movement10miThe Little Genesee Schoolhouse-Genesee District No. 1 SchoolGenesee · Building11.9miHow 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. Coudersport Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Clara?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Clara’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.