Addison’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Addison. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Addison was originally part of Peter's Colony. The future town site was settled as early as 1846 when Preston Witt built a house near White Rock Creek. In 1849, the Witt family opened a gristmill. In 1880, settler Sidney Smith Noell purchased a large tract of land south of what is now Belt Line Road. In 1888, Noell, together with W.W. Julian and W. E. Horten, donated land to the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway, a predecessor of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (known as the Cotton Belt), for a coaling station.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Addison’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Addison’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFire Aftermath, 1987: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Addison, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Fire Aftermath (1987) 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.