Every place
has a story.
Share old photos, see how places have changed, and swap stories with people who remember them. Organized by address, built by the community.
“Uncle Tommy and Maggie on Goat Hill, sometime in the '50s — the houses are still there.”
— David S.
What's the history of your address?
Enter an address to explore photos, memories, and stories shared by the community, plus historical images from public archives.
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Look up any street address to see its history, from memories shared by the community to photos from public archives.
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Every place has a story.
This project started when I found a photo of The Great Salem Fire of 1914 taken from Gallows Hill and spotted my own house in the foreground. That moment of connection, across a century, is what we're building for every home, every street, every neighborhood.
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The Fire From Gallows Hill, 1914. Photograph by M. E. Robb.
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54 photos pinned to their locations. Click a marker to see the history.
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One building, generations of memories
1925
~1941
“My grandparents met working here during WW2 when it was Hytron Radio & Electronics. My grandmother used to say she spotted my grandfather across the factory floor. The building looks almost the same as it did a hundred years ago.”
“In the '90s this was a West Coast Video — I rented movies here every Friday night. My mom would let me pick one and I always went straight for the horror section.”
Salem Elevator Works → Hytron Radio → West Coast Video. Same building since 1925.
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Recently shared photos from the community.
131 Cabot St., Beverly, MA
114 Bridge St., Salem, MA
The corner of Webb and Pleasant St.
50 Washington St., Salem, MA 01970
44 Warren St., Salem, MA 01970
This photo is a little before my time, but looks very similar to when I was a kid. We used to go to that CVS and Crosby's all the time. In fact, we'd climb up the hill behind the CVS and pass through the apartment building parking lot at the top on our way back to Langdon St. I have scoped that area out recently, and it is no longer really open for that kind of passage! This photo looks like it was taken from the driveway of 45 Warren St.
30 Church St., Salem, MA
Salem's first motorized fire department apparatus
359 Essex St., Salem, MA 01970
27 Union St., Salem, MA
Postcard of Hawthorne's birthplace. Undated.
Baker's Island, Salem, MA
My family and I camped on Baker's Island in the summer of 2022.
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