Crewe’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Crewe. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Crewe was founded in 1888 as a central location to house steam locomotive repair shops for the Norfolk & Western Railroad (now called Norfolk Southern) which has a rail yard there for east–west trains carrying Appalachian coal to Hampton Roads for export abroad, and the street pattern was laid out at that time. It was named after the railway town of Crewe in Cheshire, England.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Crewe’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crewe’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCrewe Graded School, 1905: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Crewe
See all 6 →
Crewe, decade by decade
1960s
1990s
CommonsCrewe Volunteer Fire Department2010
CommonsCrewe Municipal Building2010
CommonsCarter Street2010
CommonsCarolina Avenue2010
CommonsCarolina Ave2010
CommonsBravo Italian Grill2010
CommonsBeamer Field and Hackney Field2010
Book2010 Census Urban Cluster Reference Map for2010
CommonsVAMap-doton-Crewe20052 historic places in Crewe
Crewe has 2 listings on the National Register, and they protect 67 historic buildings, because Crewe Commercial Historic District alone counts 64.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Crewe Graded School (1905) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (10) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.