The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Garfield is located in the northwestern corner of Jackson County. It was created in 1881 out of the northern portion of the town of Northfield.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Garfield’s history is told.
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Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Garfield is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Garfield has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is California Wine and Liquor Store in Fairchild, 8 miles away.
Garfield and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Garfield
California Wine and Liquor StoreFairchild · Built 18968mi
Dells MillBridge Creek · Built 186711.7mi
Green Bay and Western Railroad DepotWhitehall · Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · Built 191416.4mi
Herman M. and Hanna Hediger HouseAlbion · Building19miIndependence City HallIndependence · Romanesque · Built 190220.5miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. California Wine and Liquor Store’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Garfield?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Garfield’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.