Brentwood’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Brentwood. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area that is Brentwood consists of three land purchases: that of Louis J. Bompart who acquired his lot first in 1804, that of the Gay family, and that of the Marshall family. In the 1870s, a man by the name of Thomas Madden arrived and soon became the businessman of the community. He operated a rock quarry, and constructed a tavern, a barbershop, a grocery store, and a blacksmith shop. Due to Madden's prominence in the community, the town was then named Maddenville.
With a location on the Manchester Trail, a route that was mostly frequented by mail coaches and prairie schooners going west, Maddenville in the 1800s became a prosperous town on the outskirts of St. Louis, to which it was connected by a streetcar line.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Brentwood’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brentwood’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMissouri - Big Spring State Part …, 1917: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Brentwood
See all 2 →Brentwood, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Missouri - Big Spring State Part through Hillsboro (1917) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.