Slideshow at the Annual Meeting of the Poultney Historical Society September 25 at the East Poultney Schoolhouse / Join the Poultney Historical Society at our Annual Meeting in the East Poultney Schoolhouse on Sunday, September 25th at 2:00 pm to celebrate an afternoon of history! The event will feature the presentation “The Things Our Fathers Saw” by local educator and historian Matthew Rozell. The program is free and open […]
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Smiles, Songs, Stories, and Good Food Were in Plentiful Supply This Year at the 2022 East Poultney Day
Poultney Remembers: The Urge to Share
While social critics complain about the contemporary urge to share every bit of our lives on social media, a simple scan of Poultney’s newspapers from the 1800s reveals this urge has been around for quite a while.
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 Rise of the Village and Downtown Poultney
The 19th century saw the emergence of West Poultney as the center of town. The construction of Green Mountain College, Route 30 and later the railroad from Rutland to Albany assured the rise of the village and downtown area. The last half the 19th century was a period of economic growth for Poultney spearheading a […]
1761 – 1777 Colonial Times to Independence
Poultney was chartered in 1761 when Royal Governor Benning Wentworth, in the name of King George the Third, granted 61 proprietors equal shares in a township six miles square "for the due encouragement of settling a new plantation within Our said Province (of New Hampshire)." Governor Wentworth had made 16 of these "New Hampshire Grants" […]
How We Are Preserving the History of Poultney VT
The Poultney Historical Society was founded in 1935 and over the years has acquired three historic buildings in East Poultney. Volunteers have received and collected artifacts of local, regional and statewide interest during this time period. The Challenges A small but enthusiastic group of volunteers has been addressing many issues critical to the long-term preservation […]
About the Poultney Historical Society
The Poultney Historical Society, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1935, preserves and interprets the history of the Town of Poultney. An all-volunteer association supported through memberships and contributions from community members and visitors, the Society owns three historic buildings on-the-green in East Poultney, the Victorian Schoolhouse (1896), the Melodeon Factory (1854), and the Union […]