Heathsville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Heathsville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1679, the county justices of Northumberland County sought to move their courthouse from the Hull Neck area to a more central locale in the county. To that end, local officials signed a contract with John Hughlett in 1680 to build a court house and attached prison upon "Mr. Hughlett's Indian Field," the future site of Heathsville. The court house would be completed the following year.
For most of its early history, Heathsville remained a small hamlet, with fewer than 12 buildings through the American Revolutionary War. These buildings were small, poorly maintained wooden homes that one 1784 court order described as a "public nuisance."
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Heathsville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Heathsville’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRice's Hotel, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Heathsville
See all 2 →Heathsville, decade by decade
1990s
9 historic places in Heathsville
Heathsville has 9 listings on the National Register, and they protect 95 historic buildings, because Heathsville Historic District alone counts 81.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Rice's Hotel (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.