The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗From its earliest settlement, most villages and towns on the Eastern Shore of Virginia were located near the coasts at navigable ports where crops or livestock could be transported by boat. The coming of the New York, Pennsylvania, and Norfolk Railroad in the 1880s initiated a shift in population and commerce to the center of the shore and created the need for new towns, including the town of Painter.
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Start Painter’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Painter’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Painter, decade by decade
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1 historic place in Painter
1 place in Painter 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
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.