A history of Orange,
since 1834
Postcards, papers and photographs of Orange from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗This area of the Piedmont was occupied by Siouan-speaking peoples at the time of European encounter. Tribes located in coastal areas generally spoke Algonquian languages.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Orange’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 viewLarge dairy barn near, 1980: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Orange, decade by decade
12 historic places in Orange
Orange has 12 listings on the National Register, and they protect 86 historic buildings, because Orange Commercial Historic District alone counts 61.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Large dairy barn near (1980) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.