Toms Brook’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Toms Brook. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗During the American Civil War, the Battle of Tom's Brook was fought nearby, a Union victory that became dubbed "the Woodstock Races."
The Toms Brook School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Start Toms Brook’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Toms Brook’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGeneral Custer saluting Confedera…, 1864: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Toms Brook, decade by decade
2 historic places in Toms Brook
2 places in Toms Brook are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as General Custer saluting Confederate General Ramseur at the Woodstock races, Oct. 9, 1864 (1864) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom 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.