Dover’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Dover. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗James Joner purchased 203 acres (0.82 km2) in 1764 and laid out the town of Dover. It was known generally as Joner's Town until 1815, when a Dover post office was established.
During the 1863 Gettysburg campaign of the American Civil War, Dover was briefly occupied overnight, June 30 – July 1, by Confederate cavalry under J.E.B. Stuart.
Dover was incorporated in 1864, 100 years after its founding.
The Englehart Melchinger House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Dover’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dover’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewDETAIL SHOWING WROUGHT IRON NUT -…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Dover
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Dover, decade by decade
1990s
unknown3 items
1 historic place in Dover
1 place in Dover 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 DETAIL SHOWING WROUGHT IRON NUT - Barn, Rural Delivery Route 1 (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.