Doug Houser

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

Maplewood History: Buy A Piece Of Your Own At The Chamber Auction

Today is the day of the annual auction to support our Chamber of Commerce. Instead of the usual fall date, this year the nice...

Maplewood History: First There Were Horses – A Repost

Before there were cars, that is. I had been thinking about running this post again for quite a while. I had forgotten that there...

Maplewood History: The Unnecessary Destruction of the Smokestack at Concordia Seminary

Relax. This didn’t just happen. It happened quite a while ago and I’m just now writing about it. This is not Maplewood history. I’m...

Maplewood History: A Thatched Roof On Big Bend

Quite a while ago, ( I have forgotten the year), a thatched roof was added to a fairly plain commercial building on Big Bend...

Maplewood History: A Hunk, A Hunk of Burning…Hobby? Revisited

January is already two thirds over. I have a couple of ideas for upcoming blog posts but the circumstances of everyday living keep getting...

Maplewood History: Now You Can Own A Reproduction Of A Stan Masters Watercolor!

Dear Readers, Most of you are probably unaware of the value of an original watercolor by Stan Masters. For about the past 16 years Stan’s...

Maplewood History: Stan Masters – A World Class Watercolorist…From Maplewood

Over the twelve or thirteen years since I began this adventure, this site has gained many new readers as one might expect. While most...

Maplewood History: The Bruno Farm

John Baptiste Bruno once had a farm adjacent to and just north of James Sutton’s. Lucky for us area historian, Esley Hamilton had done...

Maplewood History For Sale

In 2008, I produced a book for the 100th anniversary of the founding of our town called The First 100 Years, Maplewood, MO. It...

Maplewood History: For Sale – A Painted Photograph of Gertrude Harper

Now for something completely different. Recently a man contacted me who has a portrait of Gertrude Harper for sale. He bought it at a thrift...

Maplewood History: Previous Unseen Images of Maplewood’s Second High School

More stunning photos from the collection of Laura Varilek Maplewood has had three high school buildings. Some of the images that Ms. Varilek was kind...

Maplewood History: Exceedingly Rare Images Discovered in the Varilek Collection

We’ve struck another vein of gold in the mountain of historic Maplewood photographs. My last post covered my recent meeting with two descendants of Sarah...

Maplewood History: Being Made Or At Least Re-Lived

Sarah Harrison’s Family Came to Town Recently, I was pleased to entertain the first, as far as I know, out-of-town, Maplewood History-inspired tourists to this...

Maplewood History: 7309 Maple Avenue

Let's try this again. The first post has evaporated somehow. I'm thankful that it was just this one. Most of my posts I have...

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