Preston Historical Society Explained

Type:Nonprofit, historical society
Headquarters:Long Society Meetinghouse
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Bridget Park
Website:https://www.preston-ct.org/294/Historical-Society

The Preston Historical Society is a historical society located in Preston, Connecticut. They maintain historical records for the town and maintain historical locations, such as National Register of Historic Places listed places like the Long Society Meetinghouse[1] and Preston City Historic District.[2]

Organization

The Historical Society is a small, volunteer operated organization. They meet four times a year, generally within the Long Society Meetinghouse, with exceptions made for cold or hot weather.[3]

Activities

The Preston Historical Society has extensively cataloged Preston history and has produced publications documenting it, such as records of the many small cemeteries within the town and Preston in Review.[4] [5] They are in the process of digitizing their collection.[6]

The Society maintains and advocates for historic and monuments, such as the Long Society Meetinghouse[7] and a Revolutionary War memorial.[8] They have also been involved with historical research on Norwich State Hospital[9] [10] and Amos Lake. During their restoration of the Long Society Meetinghouse, the Society formed a relationship with the Mohegan Tribe.[11]

The Society has also been involved in archaeological research within Preston, especially relating to historic New England architecture.[12] In 2015, they held an archaeological excavation at the Meetinghouse.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bessette . Claire . 2022-10-29 . 1817 Long Society Meetinghouse in Preston restored, ready for rededication . 2024-08-12 . . en-US.
  2. Web site: Connecticut SP Preston City Historic District . 2024-08-12 . National Archives.
  3. Web site: Bessette . Claire . 2019-10-06 . Preston Historical Society ready to show off meeting house renovations . 2024-08-13 . . en-US.
  4. Harper . Ross . Clouette . Bruce . 2013-12-09 . Archaeology at the 1777 Ebenezer Story Site: The Household Economy of a Family of Fishermen-Farmers on the Thames River, Preston, Connecticut . Northeast Historical Archaeology . 38 . 1 . 10.22191/neha/vol38/iss1/5 . 0048-0738.
  5. Web site: Bessette . Claire . 2013-03-28 . Amos Lake enjoyed by many but ownership unresolved . 2024-08-13 . . en-US.
  6. Web site: Connecticut Collections . 2024-08-12 . ctcollections.org . en.
  7. Web site: Diaz . Jaclyn . 2015-08-29 . Preston Music Festival benefits Long Society Meetinghouse restoration . 2024-08-13 . Norwich Bulletin . en-US.
  8. Web site: Mosher . James . 2012-10-15 . Preston fixing up Revolutionary War memorial . 2024-08-13 . Norwich Bulletin . en-US.
  9. Web site: Blessing . Ryan . 2015-07-15 . Volunteer historians reveal contents of mysterious Preston box . 2024-08-13 . Norwich Bulletin . en-US.
  10. Book: Rockledge, Christine M. . Norwich State Hospital . . 2018 . 978-1540236265 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Bessette . Claire . 2016-12-04 . Mohegan Tribal Council supports Preston Long Society Meetinghouse restoration . 2024-08-13 . . en-US.
  12. Harper . Ross K. . 2012-12-01 . “Their Houses are Ancient and Ordinary”: Archaeology and Connecticut’s Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture . Historical Archaeology . en . 46 . 4 . 8–47 . 10.1007/BF03376877 . 2328-1103.
  13. Web site: Bessette . Claire . 2015-06-02 . Artifacts found at Long Society Meetinghouse dig in Preston span centuries . 2024-08-13 . . en-US.

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