Stowe Historical Society Explained

Stowe Historical Society
Location:90 School Street
Stowe, Vermont, United States
Coordinates:44.464°N -72.6846°W
Type:Historical society and museum
President:Barbara Baraw

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. 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.[5]

Notes and References

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