Mount Crawford’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Mount Crawford. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Town of Mount Crawford was established in 1825 and Incorporated and chartered in 1895.
Historic Main Street, the area along US 11, has 42 single-family homes and five apartments. "Houses are on average over 100 years old, and the average year built is 1908. The oldest house was built in 1747. Twelve houses were built before the Civil War, and four of those built in the 1700s."
The property Contentment was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Mount Crawford’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Crawford’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMount Crawford, Virginia. House i…, 1943: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mount Crawford, decade by decade
1970s
1990s
Nothing in Mount Crawford is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mount Crawford has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Contentment in Mount Crawford, 1.4 miles away.
Mount Crawford and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Mount Crawford, Virginia. House in Mt. Crawford (1943) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.