Doug Houser

Retired autoworker. Maplewood resident since 1975. Advocate of the Arts and Historic Preservation.

Maplewood History: Summertime Nirvana with a Hint of Chlorine

The Maplewood Pool is an extraordinary asset to our life in this small town. It opens once again this Memorial Day weekend just as...

Maplewood History: Father William Barnaby Faherty and Our Threatened Church Building

Let me begin this one with a little personal history. I initiated a community history book project about 2005 while I was a member...

Maplewood History: Instead of Demolition…Conversion

The issue we have before us at present is the preservation of the original church/school building of the Immaculate Conception parish. It currently occupies...

Maplewood History: Historic Immaculate Conception Church building is Threatened with Demolition!

Please note that the location and time of the Historic Preservation Commission meeting on Thursday May 9, have both been changed. The meeting will...

Maplewood History: The First City Hall and Fire Department, The Dr. Cape Buildings and the Maplewood Loop – A Walking Tour – Part Two

Hi Folks, This is Part Two of a walking tour that I was asked to lead by the Ten Toes Walking Group from Citizens For...

Maplewood History: From Bartold’s Grove to the Maplewood Mill – Part One

Hi Folks, I have been asked to lead the Ten Toes Walking Group from Citizens for Modern Transit on a short history walk on Friday...

Maplewood History: A Surprising Discovery…About The Sutton Plow

You Sutton family descendants are going to love this one. At some time in the distant past, I searched for information about an iron plowshare...

Maplewood History: A Hunk, a Hunk of Burning… Hobby

I reran this post a little over a year ago so many of my readers will remember it. It's one of my all time...

Maplewood History: The Tiffany Diner and Before

From frequent contributor, Ed Notter: This is easy for me to do, suggesting a new topic knowing you have to do the work. Still, any...

Maplewood History: The Contents of a Privy – Part Two

I went into a great amount of detail in my first post on this subject, the contents of a privy that was recovered from...

Maplewood History: One Good Deed Returns Another

When Mary Etta Hill Crowder found this old deed in a box of miscellaneous items that she had picked up at a tag sale,...

Maplewood History: The Immaculate Conception Buildings Are At Great Risk!

The campus of the Church of the Immaculate Conception consists of five buildings. There is the big church at Marshall and Moller. The rectory...

Maplewood History: Another Explosion! This One in 1910

If you have been following this space, then you will know that my last two posts were about a terrific explosion that occurred on...

Maplewood History: Followup Articles After the 1916 Explosion

To the rescue of those readers who asked about followup articles about the explosion comes Mary Piles, longtime reader and contributor to this site. ...

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