Our program on Barns with John Porter is still on for Saturday, September 26 with socially-distanced seating, masks required. Location at the Plainfield Town Hall. Advance registration required. ... See MoreSee Less
We will be open this Saturday from 10-1 and hope you will stop by to see our new exhibit about Women's Suffrage and four remarkable Plainfield women. Sisters Abbie and Belle Chellis, and sisters Mary and Bessie Westgate, all graduated from KUA between 1879 and 1903 and became teachers. Belle was the first woman graduate of Middlebury, Abbie was a talented painter. They were all smart, adventurous, and all four left town before they were 20 to teach in places like NC, SC, Mississippi, Michigan. Three of them returned to live in Plainfield and were among the first women to register to vote! Hundreds of their letters to and from family and friends from the time they were teenagers until they were seniors, have given us a rich picture of the lives of women in that period. ... See MoreSee Less
We will be meeting in person on Sat. Sept. 26th at 3pm in the Plainfield Town Hall. (NB: We are not meeting at the Plainfield Fire Dept. as previously advertised in Plain Facts.) Chairs will be set up to maintain a minimum of 6' social distancing, and masks will be required.
Our speaker is John Porter, who has just published a second edition of his book Preserving Old Barns, a must read for barn owners and barn lovers. John was a dairy specialist with the UNH Cooperative Extension for 32 years. He will speak about The History of Agriculture as Told By Barns. This is a NH Humanities to Go program.
To ensure attendees will feel comfortable and safe, we are limiting attendance to 40 people. If you would like to reserve a seat, just leave a comment below and we will mark chairs with your name. ... See MoreSee Less
Phil Zea recently donated a pine blanket chest made 1790-1810 and owned by Samuel Bean c 1750-1825. Bean Road is named for Samuel, and he built the Noda house at 196 Bean Road.
Howard Zea obtained the blanket chest from a Bean descendant. ... See MoreSee Less