Maplewood History: The Bruno Farm
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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 his homework on this one.
Current Maplewood business buys former Intaglia building
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The former Intaglia home furniture shop at the corner of Manchester Road and Bellevue Avenue (7195 Mahchester Road) has been purchased by JZ Vacation Rentals, according to an agent at Saint Louis Group.
Maplewood History For Sale
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In 2008, I produced a book for the 100th anniversary of the founding of our town called The First 100 Years, Maplewood, MO. It was a fundraiser for the Maplewood Community Betterment Foundation. Still is. If you would like a copy of that book, you can pick one up at Scheidt Hardware (True Value to those of you recently arrived) at 7320 Manchester. I don’t know what they get for one nowadays.
Kitchen Conservatory coming to Brentwood
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The business offering cooking classes from beginner to gourmet, Kitchen Conservatory, is moving from Clayton to a new location in Brentwood on Manchester Road — the location of the now demolished Brentwood Lanes and the smaller contiguous lot to the west.
Maplewood History: For Sale – A Painted Photograph of Gertrude Harper
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Now for something completely different.
Maplewood History: Previous Unseen Images of Maplewood’s Second High School
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More stunning photos from the collection of Laura Varilek
Maplewood History: Exceedingly Rare Images Discovered in the Varilek Collection
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We’ve struck another vein of gold in the mountain of historic Maplewood photographs.
Maplewood History: 7309 Maple Avenue
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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 copied and pasted into PDFs but I am way behind. Hopefully having to redo this one will inspire me to keep up with the task.
For the record: council member resigns, chief of police named
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Maplewood city council member, Shana Jones announced on Facebook, Sept. 23, that she was stepping down from the council.
Maplewood History: Happy Halloween
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In my neighborhood, the Shields subdivision in south Maplewood, a couple of 12 foot tall skeletons have been up for quite awhile now. They preceded the yard inflatables. Not sure why. They seem to be the cutting edge in Halloween decorations this year. Perhaps the owners just want them to get maximum air time?
AT&T internet down for a week or more in a section of Maplewood, resident reports
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A Maplewood resident reports that around 9:30 Wednesday morning a street crew at Piccadilly Avenue and Oxford Boulevard chopped through a large bundle of fiber optic cable providing Internet service for AT&T customers.
