Woodside: It Has a History, How About a Future?

At Tuesday's Maplewood City Council meeting, resident Gary Pickering stood to ask the city's plans for Woodside, the oldest building in Maplewood.

"The building has been falling down for years," he said. "Is there anything going to happen with that, other than let nature take its course and rot in place?"

Mayor James White told Pickering the city is moving to do something with the house, and plans may be made public within a month.

City staff members have said they don't know of the mayor's plans, and the mayor hasn't immediately responded to requests for details since the meeting.

Unofficial Maplewood historian Doug Houser has blogged on Patch on Woodside several times.

• But Wait There’s More. Household Furnishings and Art Objects of Woodside
• The Historic Papers of Woodside 1838-1914
• The Rannells Family of Woodside
• The Rannells Family