Galax’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Galax. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area that later became Galax was part of an 800-acre (320 ha) land grant given to James Buchanan in 1756 by the British Crown. The first plat map for Galax is dated December 1903; the town founders selected the site for the city on a wide expanse of meadowland bisected by Chestnut Creek and sitting at an altitude of 2,500 feet (760 m) on a plateau. The Virginia General Assembly officially chartered the town of Galax in 1906.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Galax’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Galax’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewKay Kraft Venetian guitar played …, 1937: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Galax
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Galax, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsMolly Tuttle and Shelby Means (1) with Molly Tuttle & Golde…2022
CommonsMolly Tuttle & Golden Highway - Blue Ridge Music Center - G…2022
CommonsMolly Tuttle & Golden Highway (1) - Blue Ridge Music Center…2022
CommonsKyle Tuttle and Molly Tuttle with Molly Tuttle & Golden Hig…2022
CommonsDominick Leslie with Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - Blue R…2022
CommonsBronwyn Keith-Hynes with Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - Bl…2022
CommonsBronwyn Keith-Hynes and Molly Tuttle with Molly Tuttle & Go…2022
CommonsBronwyn Keith-Hynes and Kyle Tuttle with Molly Tuttle & Gol…2022
CommonsVirginia Senate District 20 (2011)2019
Commons1988 Jeep Cherokee (XJ) Pioneer Olympic Edition municipal s…2015
CommonsGalax Fiddlers' Convention2013
CommonsBetsy Rutherford2012
CommonsView of2009
CommonsGalaxmarker2007
CommonsVAMap-doton-Galax2005
CommonsGalax, Va20057 historic places in Galax
Galax has 7 listings on the National Register, and they protect 76 historic buildings, because Galax Commericial Historic District alone counts 65.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1997Grayson County Courthouse and Clerk's Office, Old
Listed 2002Gordon C. Felts House
Listed 2002Pless, A.G., Jr. House
Listed 2002Galax Commericial Historic District
Listed 2004Dr. Virgil Cox HouseListed 2008Galax Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)Listed 2024Rosenwald-Felts SchoolThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Kay Kraft Venetian guitar played by Fields Ward of The Bog Trotters Band, in Galax, Vieginia in 1937 (clip) (1937) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (18). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.