
Stanley’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Stanley. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Fort Philip Long and Graves Chapel and Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Start Stanley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stanley’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewStanley VA (personal, 9-2006): stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Stanley
See all 23 →Stanley, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
2 historic places in Stanley
2 places in Stanley are 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

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Stanley VA (personal, 9-2006) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.







