Lilly’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Lilly. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗On April 5, 1924, a riot broke out in Lilly between approximately 400 members of the Ku Klux Klan and the local residents, who had previously torn down burning crosses erected to intimidate them. Three locals were killed when gunfire erupted on both sides. The Klansmen fled in a panic and were promptly arrested after arriving back in Johnstown. 29 Klansmen and 15 residents of Lilly were charged with unlawful assembly, affray, and riot. One Klansman, Owen H. Poorbaugh, died in jail while awaiting trial on April 25, 1924, at the age of 48. The rest were all sentenced to 2 years imprisonment.
The Lilly Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Start Lilly’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lilly’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewAllegheny Portage Railroad: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lilly, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
1 historic place in Lilly
1 place in Lilly 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 Allegheny Portage Railroad and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.