The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was previously known as Liola in the 1880s, then briefly called Grottoes (meaning "caves") in 1889. A group of land speculators formally founded Shendun, a combination of "Shenandoah" and the Gaelic word "dun" meaning 'castle' or 'fortified hill', in 1892. Through a series of financial missteps, the Shendun Corporation went bankrupt in 1893. On March 11, 1912 the name was officially changed back to Grottoes.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Grottoes’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grottoes’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewShenandoah Valley. Worker in Spit…, 1941: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Grottoes, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Grottoes
1 place in Grottoes 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 Shenandoah Valley. Worker in Spitzer's Garage (1941) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.