A history of Irwin,
since 1853
Postcards, papers and photographs of Irwin from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Irwin was named for John Irwin, the original owner of the town site.
Irwin was the original western terminus of the Pennsylvania Turnpike when it opened in October 1940.
Brush Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Irwin’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewIrwin, Pennsylvania 1897, 1897: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Irwin, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Irwin
1 place in Irwin 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 Irwin, Pennsylvania 1897 (1897) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.