Historical Society Meetings

The next meeting of the Athens Historical Society is Thursday, February 19th, 6pm at the Somerset Academy.

For directions to the next meeting or to be added to the Historical Society Mailing list, and receive updates on meeting and events please email hlm@startmail.com

All are welcome to attend and learn about, share, and help preserve local history.

ABOUT THE ATHENS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Athens Historical Society has been active and growing in the past couple years, with over a dozen new members, educational events, and regular meetings where we plan events and share local history with pictures and storytelling.

Volunteers have been working on cleaning and organizing the Historical Society museum so it can be open to visits on a regular basis.

If you are looking for information about your family, home, or history of the area, you can make an appointment to look through the Historical Society materials located upstairs at the Somerset Academy building.

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Athens Historical Society Cookbook

Over the past year the Historical Society has collected recipes from local people and from old community cookbooks and newspapers in the Historical Society library.

The cookbook features over 100 years of recipes from in and around Athens, along with  helpful hints and historical pictures.

Makes a great gift!

Cookbooks are available at the Athens Town Office and by contacting the Historical Society at hlm@startmail.com

Cookbooks are $16 each or two for $30.

INVENTORY

Historical Society volunteers are working on creating a digital inventory of the items in our museum. You can view the inventory file here.

DONATIONS

The Historical Society received several donations in the past two years, including:

~ A crazy quilt made in the late 1800’s by Floyd French’s grandmother, donated by Bette Withers of Ontario. The quilt was owned by the Kincaid family, who ran a store and dancehall in West Athens.

~ A wooden mortar and pestle that were originally used at L.C. Williams donated by Sharon Wise.

~ A collection of articles on Athens births, events, and artists, written by Anna Freeman between the 1970’s and 90’s, donated by Anna Freeman.

If you have historic documents, art, or photos of life around Athens and the Wesserunsett Valley that you would like to donate, please be in touch!

SOMERSET ACADEMY REUNION

The Historical Society is working to bring together people who attended Somerset Academy for an all-class reunion. If you are interested please contact the Historical Society.

Call: (207) 654-3471

President: Jesse Huff

Secretary & Curator: Hillary Lister

Town Historian: Guy Anton

Treasurer: Sandy McLardy