Cold Brook’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Cold Brook. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The water power of Cold Brook encouraged settlers, who arrived after 1800. The 1857 Cold Brook Feed Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Cold Brook’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cold Brook’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAmpersand Mountain from Cold Broo…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Cold Brook, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Cold Brook is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cold Brook has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cold Brook Feed Mill in Russia, 0.1 miles away.
Cold Brook and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Ampersand Mountain from Cold Brook, Adirondack Mtns., N.Y (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.