Marshfield’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Marshfield. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was named for Captain Isaac Marsh, who bought the original town site.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Marshfield’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marshfield’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWood pile at the Orton farm, 1942: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Marshfield
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Marshfield, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Marshfield is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Marshfield has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is East Calais Historic District in Calais, 4 miles away.
Marshfield 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 Wood pile at the Orton farm (1942) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.