A lot is going on right now. Learn the latest news about our upcoming annual meeting, Sunday November 5, 2024. and significant new grant funding to support (a) repair work on the Masonic Hall building in South Strafford (soon to become the “Strafford Historical and Community Center” and (b) for the repair of several boxes of historic manuscripts which were damaged when the basement of the Justin Morrill Homestead Education Center flooded this summer.

Our frequent blog posts contain vignettes about the people, places, things, and events that shape Strafford's past and present. There are posts about people like Harlow Lent and Gile Kendall, places like Dublin Corner, historic things like horse-drawn snowplows, and events like the annual full moon skiing at Lion's rope tow on Harrington Hill. Our blog also explores how the lives and many ways of our town's people have changed over the decades

Our new home is being restored! In September 2021, the Strafford Historical Society received a Vermont's Art Council Cultural Facilities grant for $18,040 to be used toward the installation of an energy-efficient heat pump system and was also awarded $51,520 in Tax Credits through the Agency of Commerce's Downtown & Village Center Program to be used toward roof repairs. The Northfield Savings Bank will purchase the Tax Credits.