In the Feick Art Center at Green Mountain College, the exhibition features photographs by the GMC students along with historic photographs of Poultney and an intriguing and curious selection of agricultural, domestic and industrial objects on loan from the Poultney Historical Society.
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D&H Model Train Arrives at Poultney Historical Society
The late Milt McWithey, a Poultney native and model train enthusiast, built a model of the D&H Bridge line covering Castleton and Poultney VT to…
Visit our store
Check out the Poultney Historical Society online store to…
“Poultney Remembers” Lecture Series was a Success MapleFest Weekend!
The Poultney Historical Society received a great turnout at The Meeting House for Poultney’s Maplefest celebration on Saturday, March 25th. At 1:00pm, Green Mountain College students presented…
“Poultney Remembers” Lecture Series continues on Sunday, March 12th at 2pm
“A Proper and Reputable Occupation: Young Vermont Women and Teaching in the 19th Century” will look at rural teaching in the years after the Civil War…
Slate Sentinel project complete with installation of two stones
Poultney has completed a project that recognizes the importance of Vermont slate to the generations of families who have…
Historical Society wins prize in July 4th Parade
The Poultney Historical Society float departed from East Poultney on July 4th with a farmer sweating over work on a shaving horse and…
East Poultney Day Beats the Rain!
We were very lucky to celebrate this year’s East Poultney Day on August 13th with the theme Democracy in Poultney despite the gloomy forecast of torrential rain and heavy flooding! Pastor Todd helped save the day by opening up the United Baptist Church on the Green for all East Poultney Day goers and vendors in case […]
Old Stone Church Donated to the Community
by Emily Cutts — Rutland Herald, Nov. 20, 2015 The lively, impromptu piano duet played Wednesday evening in the Old Stone Church on East Main Street in Poultney was just a glimpse of what the future may hold for the building. Formerly the Fox Hill Center for the Arts, the building was donated to the […]
The Silent Friend Slate Project begins
Slate, and the generations of Vermont families whose lives have been connected to it, created deep roots in the State as early as the mid-19th century. A project underway in Poultney is designed to revitalize Vermont’s rich slate history and pay tribute to the workers and the industry long uncelebrated in this state. At the same […]