Thursday, October 30, 2008

Windham Historical Society


Proof: This is one of the Calendar that that the Historical Society was selling with the a property of Windham Historical Soc. stamp


What it was like: The Windham Historical Society is in a small building with just a few rooms. In the main room there was a few displays one about the wars that people from Windham have been apart of also one about the building it self the building which is 175 years old.

the 2 people there Kay and Ray, Ray how i have know for many year for working in a store in Windham. They were vary knowledgeably about the things in the Building.

Why it is a Historical: It is a Historical Society duh... But beyond that the building it self if one of the oldest in Windham and was the originally town hall in 1833. In 1893 to 1910 in served as the high school. In 1983 the Historical Society made it headquarters in 1995 the Historical Society acquired ownership of the building

sources: Windham Historical Society , Images of America Windham Compiled by Edith H. Bell

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