History · Point Marion · established 1842
184 years of Point Marion, in picturesPostcards, papers and photographs of Point Marion from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
1842 established
6 old photos & papers
1 historic places
2 famous people
From Point Marion’s archive · credits on each photo
What stands out about Point Marion’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · The story How Point Marion came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Point Marion.
Read it all → The region's original inhabitants from AD 1050 to 1635 were the Iroquoian related Monongahela Culture tribes. Two archeological sites from these tribes exist locally today: 1) several miles to the south of Point Marion in Morgantown, WV, and 2) two miles to the north at Dunkard Creek. This Aboriginal culture, which peaked about AD 1300 and dominated all of southwestern Pennsylvania, disappeared by the 1630s.
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At a glance
Established 1842
Half its homes built before 1938
Oldest landmark with a date Albert Gallatin House; Friendship Hill National Historic Site, 1789
Oldest item in the archive 1800
People in 2020 1,156 The houses today → On the National Register 1 historic place in Point Marion The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.
National Historic Landmark
1
Albert Gallatin House; Friendship Hill National…
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1966
Albert Gallatin House; Friendship Hill National…
in Pennsylvania
#519
by listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
By decade Point Marion, decade by decade 3 decades in the archive, from the 1800s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1910s–1990s nothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these years Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album Then & now Stand where they stood No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this view Point Marion region in the pre Civil War era, 1865 Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Point Marion’s page.
Retake this view · +15 Famous people 2 famous people were born in Point Marion Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
See all → Help out Finish Point Marion’s story Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album. Stories next door
History across the town line Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia and Wikidata for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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