Jackey, Union Hotel near site of Backer Hotel (map detail, 1860).jpg
1860
142 Oliver foundation, Mechanic Street not named, map detail (1886).jpg
1886
142 Oliver, map detail (1893).jpg
1893
Niagara Mohawk plant, map detail (1951).jpg
1951
Auto Wheel Coaster Co., map detail (1951).jpg
1951
Tonawanda & Wheatfield Electric Light company, map detail (1893).jpg
1893
Niagara Falls Power Company, map detail (1908).jpg
1908
Niagara County, map (LOC, 1852).jpg
1852
Avenues, Payne Estate, future Mid-City Plaza, aerial photo (1938).jpg
<a href="https://niagara-county.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html">https://niagara-county.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html</a>
1938
47 Fifteenth Ave., aerial photo (1938).jpg
Many of the upper east avenues were still unoccupied in 1938.
https://niagara-county.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html
1938
Map of North Tonawanda, Gratwick School area highlighted (c1948).jpg
Shows Bushes Bridge, Nor-Ton Courts, "Sweeney Park", numbered avenues from 20th-24th, and a planned Tesla and Edison Street. Not yet here: Mid-City Plaza, Wurlitzer Park, North Tonawanda High School, lots of southeast (Spruce) area development.
1948
Ironton, the Avenues on 1901 map.jpg
1901
870 Oliver, map detail (1908).jpg
1908
King Construction Company, map detail (c1955).jpg
1955
Gratwick slip, boathoses, map (1951).jpg
1951
P. W. Scribner Lumber Company, map detail (1893).jpg
1893
Oliver and 5th, map detail (1893).jpg
The brick building labeled "to be erected" was apparently never built, as later maps show the lot still vacant.
1893
East side of Oliver Street not built up much past 3rd Avenue, 1908 map detail.jpg
1908
Trolley routes in North Tonawanda (Trolley Days in the Tonawandas, Robert H Lloyd, 1969).jpg
1969
Niagara Falls Power Co. General Map of Transmission Lines, map (c1900).jpg
1900
Tonawanda Boiler and Engine Works, Armitage-Herschell, map detail (1886).jpg
1886
Gratwick Hose, Felton location (Sanborn Insurance map, 1951).jpg
1951
Village Inn, map detail (1951).jpg
1951
Town of Wheatfield, map (1937).jpg
1937
Tonawanda Island, map (1892).jpeg
1892
Oiriginal site of Riverside Chemical Co., A. Rasch, map detail (1908).png
1908
46 Sweeney Street, map detail (1880).jpg
1880
46 Sweeney, map detail (1893).jpg
1893
Slips off Niagara River, northmost Gratwick, map detail (1908).jpg
1908
Creo-Dipt, Weatherbest, map detail (1951).jpg
1951
Map of the Village of Tonawanda, illustration detail (1857).jpg
1857
Bushs bridge and former Niagara Falls Blvd route on map (c1947).jpg
Goundry Street School and Public Library, map detail (1951).jpg
1951
Hannah Johnson cabin location based on 1875 map (NThistory.com).jpg
Our best approximation based on comparing the location of the Johnson cabin on an <a href="http://www.nthistory.com/items/show/2090">1875 Beers map</a> with a 2021 Google satellite map. <a href="http://www.nthistory.com/items/show/2093">An 1852 map</a> appears to show a structure in slightly more southwesterly location, though still in the northwest corner of Lot 10.
1875
Riverside Chemical Company, map detail (c1951).jpg
1951
Gratwick Slip boathouse gang, photo (Cumming Family, c1905).jpg
A slip on the Niagara River was lined with boathouses south of the (projected) foot of East Ave. Today it is the North Tonawanda Water Wastewater Treatment Plant. PHOTOS: c1905. Map: 1951.
1905
Future site of Boathouse Park, Weatherbest Slip, map detail (1951).jpg
1951
Rojek's Dairy, 125-129 12th Avenue, map detail (1951).jpg
1951
Map of the Village of Tonawanda in the Counties of Erie and Niagara, N.Y. (1857).jpg
Handwritten additions depict the depth and extent of a March 18, 1858 flood.
1857
Backer House, map (1886).jpg
1886
Backer's House (1886) and Backer Alley (2020).jpg
2020
Map of Power Canal to Lockport, illustration (Tonawanda News, 1904-04-15).jpg
1904-04-15
Erie Canal lock into the Niagara River, Tonawanda.jpg
The lock in this first (c. 1890) photo allowed canal boats to pass from the canal in Tonawanda over into the Niagara River. The non-canal part of the Tonawanda Creek is straight ahead, leading into the Niagara River. Notice the tugboats waiting on the far side of the lock. They could tow canal boats through the river to be loaded up with lumber on Tonawanda Island, or at another dock along the river, and return them to lock back into the canal. In other photos, a weather tower can be seen at right, hung with flags that alerted boaters to the weather conditions outside the safe confines of the canal walls. Today, if you walk alongside Urban Paint on Niagara Street in Tonawanda, in its parking lot you can see a little sign commemorating the lock.
1890
NT, Martinsville in Town of Tonawanda, Bush family, map (LOC, 1854).jpg
From "Map of Erie County, New York : from actual surveys." Philada. : Robert Pearsall Smith, Publisher ; Buffalo : John Angell, Publisher, 1854.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3803e.la000493/?r=0.363,0.128,0.202,0.161,0
1854
Wurlitzer grounds, map (1913).jpg
1913-10-04
Ironton Public School No 2, map detail (Sanborn Map Company, 1910).jpg
1910
Goundry Street public school and library, map detail (Sanborn Map Company, 1910, 1913).jpg
1913
Gratwick Public School No 4, map detail (Sanborn Map Company, 1910, 1913).jpg
1913
Pine Woods School on 1908 Map.png
1908
Ironton School on 1908 map.jpg
1908
Gratwick School (No.4) on 1908 map.jpg
1908
Goundry Street School on 1880 and 1908 maps.jpg
1880
Felton High School on 1908 map.jpg
1908