Stowe Historical Society

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Stowe Historical Society
EstablishedApril 17, 1956(66 years ago) (1956-04-17)
Location90 School Street
Stowe, Vermont, United States
Coordinates 44°27′50″N72°41′04″W / 44.46400208°N 72.6845792°W / 44.46400208; -72.6845792 Coordinates: 44°27′50″N72°41′04″W / 44.46400208°N 72.6845792°W / 44.46400208; -72.6845792
TypeHistorical society and museum
PresidentBarbara Baraw
Website www.stowehistoricalsociety.org

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. [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]

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