Pembroke’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Pembroke. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Pembroke, settled in the mid-1750s along the New River, was named by postmaster John Lybrook in 1845 after encountering the name in literature, possibly Shakespeare's Sonnets. It is home to Virginia's smallest library, housed in a historic frame building that once served as a stagecoach stop and post office.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Pembroke’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pembroke’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewOld apple barn near Pembroke, Vir…, 1980: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Pembroke
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Pembroke, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
Nothing in Pembroke is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pembroke has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is People's Bank of Eggleston, The in Eggleston, 2.5 miles away.
Pembroke 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 Old apple barn near Pembroke, Virginia (1980) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.