Small Town America
Onley is full of history.
I realize that time moves on, but this was kinda sad.
As always, most photos are 'clickable' for enlargement
Welcome to
Onley, Virginia
Est. late 1880's
Onley's post office
I could have stood in the middle of the street
and just looked at them for hours.
People are restoring the old homes. They love them and it shows.
I have only two here, there are many.
Here is a home in the process.
These people have worked long and hard.
They've done much, there's much to do
The people were very nice.
From the man who sells produce on the corner,
(who said when I asked, "Just tell 'em I'm Ben")
To the man planting flowers,
(who said when I asked if I could take his picture,
"Well, if you really need to".
And guess what! Here's another town that trusts people;
fresh veggies on the honor system.
And the tomatoes looked really good.
On the other hand, these folks were right next door.
Gotta wonder if there's some other factor at work here. Hummmm!
The fire department folks were nice and they were helpful. In fact, they suggested several places that would make good pictures. One was the 911 center for the Shore, located in Accomac. I'm ashamed I didn't think of it. I have the picture and will add asap.
And I just thought it was an ugly brick building! My apologies to it. It's a church now, but it started life in 1900 as the first farmer's marketing coop in Virginia and the second in the nation!
I've included a picture of the back of the same building. Now that is beautiful. In fact, I took it first and that's all I was going to put here 'til I heard the history.
And here's some more history.
The Accomack County Woman's Club was established in 1925.
The older building, know now as the 'Overstreet' building bears writing
indicating that it started life as Farmers, Merchants Bank in 1904.
