A history of Middletown,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Middletown from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Middletown was chartered on May 4, 1796. Some of the first documentation of early Middletown dates back to the late 18th century and is attributed to Dr. Peter Senseney and his wife Magdelen, two German settlers who had migrated from Pennsylvania. The town was originally known as "Senseney Town", a piece of land within the 17th century Fairfax Grant and gifted to the allies for siding with England during the civil war in the 1600s.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Middletown’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewStone House, Middle Marsh Brook, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Middletown
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Middletown, decade by decade
1970s
1990s
5 historic places in Middletown
Middletown has 5 listings on the National Register, and they protect 247 historic buildings, because Middletown Historic District alone counts 234. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Stone House, Middle Marsh Brook (1933) 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.