The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Brewer was named for R. M. Brewer. The Brewer family, originally hailing from Maryland, had settled in Spencer County, Kentucky, before eventually coming to Missouri.
The town was unofficially known as Brewerville before the post office was christened Brewer in 1886.
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📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Brewer is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Brewer has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Mary's of the Barrens Historic District in Perryville, 4.3 miles away.
Brewer and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. St. Mary's of the Barrens Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Brewer?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Brewer’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.