The new home of the Strafford Historical Society, and future Community Center
Blake Spencer and his crew of talented carpenters have been very busy lately rectifying the structural issues of our new home. Take a look »
Please help us with its restoration.
2024 Annual Meeting & Report
The Strafford Historical Society convened its Annual Meeting at 4 p.m., Sunday, October 6th, 2024, in the Morrill & Harris Library. The annual budget was presented and two Board Members were re-elected for terms of three years. The focus of the meeting was on the completed renovation of the Masonic Hall in South Strafford, and the conversion of the building into the Strafford History and Community Center.
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News
A lot is going on right now. Learn the latest news about our recent annual meeting, Sunday November 5, 2024. and significant new grant funding to support (1) repair work on the Masonic Hall building in South Strafford (soon to become the “Strafford Historical and Community Center” and (b) the repair of several boxes of historic manuscripts which were damaged when the basement of the Justin Morrill Homestead Education Center flooded In July 2023.
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Blog
Our frequent blog posts contain vignettes about the people, places, things, andeventsthat shape Strafford's past and present. There are posts about people like Samuel Pennock, 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 explores how the lives and many ways of our town's people have changed over the decades
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Restoration
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.
Vermont Women and the Civil War
A presentation by Howard Coffin at the Morrill Homestead
214 Justin Morrill Memorial Highway in Strafford, Vermont, 05072