Stowe Historical Society
West Branch Schoolhouse, 2022
EstablishedApril 17, 1956 (1956-04-17)
Location90 School Street
Stowe, Vermont, United States
Coordinates44°27′50″N 72°41′04″W / 44.46400208°N 72.6845792°W / 44.46400208; -72.6845792
TypeHistorical society and museum
PresidentBarbara Baraw
Websitewww.stowehistoricalsociety.org
Bloody Brook Schoolhouse, 2022

Stowe Historical Society is a local historical society formed in 1956 to record and study the history of Stowe, Vermont, United States. It is run by fourteen volunteers, and its president is Barbara Baraw.[1]

In 1955, members of Stowe's oldest families convened in an attempt to record and preserve the town's past, for fear its legacy would be lost.[2]

With the help of Vermont Historical Society, Stowe Historical Society was formed on April 17, 1956, in the town's Memorial Building. It is now one of Vermont's largest non-profit sources of the state's history.[2] The society is based in two one-room former schoolhouses on School Street, adjacent to another former school,[3] the Helen Day Memorial Library and Art Center. One is the former West Branch Schoolhouse, a district school which was moved to its current location in 2009;[4] the other is the Bloody Brook Schoolhouse, another district school which was moved to its new home in 1909.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Stowe Historical Society". Stowe Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  2. 1 2 "About Us". Stowe Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  3. ↑ "Three former school houses · Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society". www.digitalvermont.org. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  4. 1 2 "Browse Items · Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society". www.digitalvermont.org. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  5. ↑ "Stowe Historical Society Museum". Stowe. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
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