Addison County Historical Societies

Addison Town Historical Society
Irwin Clark, co-president
3968 Vt Route 22A
Addison, VT 05491
802-759-2380
No established museum Bridport Historical Society
Margaret Sunderland, historian
3177 Crown Point Road
Bridport, VT 05734
802-758-2654
msunderland@gmavt.net
Ephraim Gray house is located at VT Route 22A and Crown Point Road (Large white building) was built around 1812. The society's collection includes artifacts, photographs, and manuscripts reflecting life in Bridport from 1800 to present. Handicap accessible. By appointment. Genealogical files are available at the town clerk's office, Monday-Friday.Bristol Historical Society
Sylvia Coffin, president
19 West Street
Bristol, VT 05443
802-453-3439
lscoffin@gmavt.net
Howden Hall Community Center houses the historical society which displays collections including photographs, maps, postcards, posters, and newspapers. At various times it has served as a church, a store, and a school.  Free, by appointment. Handicap accessible.Cornwall Historical Society
Cy Day Tall, president
c/o Cornwall town Hall
Cornwall, VT 05753
802-462-2775
ctall@shoreham.net
www.cornwall.govoffice2
Offering a growing collection of artifacts and archives in the town hall. Historical property records and genealogical information available at the town clerk's office. By appointment. East Middlebury Historical Society
Lorrie Muller, treasurer
PO Box 2
East Middlebury, VT 05740
lkmuller@comcast.net
Offering a small collection of mostly ephemera, in the Sarah Partridge Community House. Meetings held four times a year. Ferrisburgh Historical Society
Charles Langworthy, president
1217 Sand Road
Ferrisburgh, VT 05456
802-877-3217
cmlangwo@verizon.net
www.twp.ferrisburgh.vt.us
Collections of hardware, tools, paper, histories, and photographs are located with its members. By appointment.
Middlebury - Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History
Mary Epright, collections manager
1 Park Street
Middlebury, VT 05753
802-388-2117
info@henrysheldonmuseum.org
www.henrysheldonmuseum.org
The museum offers tours, exhibits, and programs aimed at facilitating an understanding of regional Vermont history through sharing with the community a wealth of objects and
written materials documenting the history of Middlebury, Addison County, and Vermont. Research Center offered Tues, Wed, Fri 1-5 pm, Thurs 1-8 pm, 1st Sat 10-2, or by appointment.Lincoln Historical Society
88 Quaker Street
Lincoln, VT 05443
802-453-3371
larrymasterson@gmavt.net
Offering a collection of local artifacts in a restored 18th-century farmhouse and a 19th-century barn. Exhibits change annually. Activities include opening day festivities in May, a harvest festival late September, and a pumpkin-carving contest in October. Opened Memorial Day-October: 2nd and 4th Sunday 1-5 pm, or by appointment.Monkton Museum & Historical Society
Gill Coates, president
280 Monkton Ridge
North Ferrisburgh, VT 05473
802-482-2277
www.monktonvt.com
The society does not own a building, but has a small collection. Current projects include gravestone transcription of all stones in Monkton and preservation of the East Monkton Church. Meetings held third Monday of each month 7 pm at the Monkton Town Hall. New Haven Historical Society
Betty Bell, president
89 North Street
New Haven, VT 05472
802-453-3947
www.newhavenvt.com
Meetings are held the second Wednesday of every month 7 pm at the New Haven Congregational Church. Orwell Historical Society
Steve Buxton, president
PO Box 85
Orwell, VT 05760
802-948-2049
www.historic-orwell-vermont.com
The collection of Orwell history from the Revolutionary War through World War II to the present day is housed at the Orwell Free Library, Route 73. Hours: Tues-Fri, 1-4 pm, Sat 10-noon. Salisbury Historical Society
Fletcher Brush, president
62 Misty Lane
Salisbury, VT 05769
802-352-4506
fbrush@hotmail.com
www.salisburyvt.org
Plans are to rebuild an eighteenth-century settler's cabin near the site of Ann Story's cabin. Meeting are at the Salisbury Town Hall. Shoreham Historical Society
Dale Birdsall, president
91 Doolittle Road
Shoreham, VT 05770-9759
802-897-2572
www.steve-world.com/ShorehamHS/SHShome.htm
A former stone schoolhouse (1839) contains photographs, documents, arrowheads, and extensive genealogical files pertaining to the Shoreham area. Also locally made sleighs, barn loom, and other large objects can be found at the Newton Academy, School Street. Available year-round by appointment.
Starksboro Historical Society
Ruth Beecher, secretary
2174 Big Hollow Road
Starksboro, VT 05487
802-453-3469
ruthebee@gmavt.net
www.starksborohistoricalsociety.org
Meets the 4th Thursday of every other month 7 pm at the Town Hall. Vergennes Area History Club
Nina Bacon, president
P.O. Box 35
Vergennes, VT 05491
802-877-3070
ninam@together.net
The society collects the history of the Vergennes area.