Stowe Historical Society

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]

Stowe Historical Society
West Branch Schoolhouse, 2022
EstablishedApril 17, 1956 (1956-04-17)
Location90 School Street
Stowe, Vermont, United States
Coordinates44.46400208°N 72.6845792°W / 44.46400208; -72.6845792
TypeHistorical society and museum
PresidentBarbara Baraw
Websitewww.stowehistoricalsociety.org
Bloody Brook Schoolhouse, 2022

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. "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. "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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