A history of Paris,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Paris from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Peter Glascock acquired the deed for what became the town in 1786 from Kimball Hicks. The land had been part of the Northern Neck Proprietary and also part of Thomas Lord Fairfax's Leeds Manor.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Paris’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWatts Ashby Tavern, State Routes …, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Paris
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Paris, decade by decade
CommonsWatts Ashby Tavern, State Routes 759 and 7011933
CommonsWatts Ashby Tavern, State Routes 759 and 7011933
CommonsWatts Ashby Tavern, State Routes 759 and 7011933
CommonsWatts Ashby Tavern, State Routes 759 and 7011933
CommonsWatts Ashby Tavern, State Routes 759 and 7011933
CommonsWatts Ashby Tavern, State Routes 759 and 70119331990s
Commons2016-09-28 15 18 39 View south along U.S. Route 17 (Winches…2016
Commons2016-09-28 15 16 43 View south along U.S. Route 17 and east…2016
Commons2016-09-28 15 15 07 View south-southeast from U.S. Route 17…2016
Commons2016-09-28 15 12 12 View north along U.S. Route 17 and west…2016
Commons2016-09-28 14 37 24 View east along U.S. Route 50 (John Mos…2016
CommonsLandscape near Delaplane20061 historic place in Paris
1 place in Paris is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Watts Ashby Tavern, State Routes 759 and 701 (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.