The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗While early settlers were present in the Fairview area in the late eighteenth century, the streets and lots were laid out in 1830 by William McCleary and Wiliam Hawk. Between the years 1826 and 1839, only 13 houses existed in Fairview. Fairview was first incorporated as a borough in 1867 and chartered in 1874. By 1876, the population had grown to over 1,000 due to the oil boom which occurred in western Pennsylvania after oil was discovered on French Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania. In 1874, C.D. Angell laid out additional streets and lots to the east of present-day Fairview. Due to a declining population going into the 1880s, Angell's expansion of Fairview was never realized. In 1880, after a series of misfortunes in the oil market, the population dropped to 333. On March 15, 1882, the Ralston and McQuade Bank on Main Street closed its doors with liabilities amounting to aroun…
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairview’s history is told.
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Nothing in Fairview is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fairview has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Stephen's Church in Bradys Bend, 6 miles away.
Fairview and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
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