Shipbuilding, Coastal & Deepwater Trade (Bowdoinham)
The BRHS museum houses more than 15,000 images, 4,500 local history files, local newspapers dating from 1876, numerous family files & genealogies, maps & nautical charts, vessel plans and a large collection of account books, day books, diaries, logs and family albums dating from the 1750s to the mid-1950s. Our exhibit rooms include items from pre-colonial days to the present, with emphasis on local industries, such as shipbuilding & fishing, as well as items from daily life.
The Blue Hill Historical Society maintains the Jeremiah Thorndike Holt House, built in 1815. Our Special Collections:
Belfast related artifacts, archival materials, and exhibits depicting Belfast During the Civil War, Made in Belfast, Notable Men and Women, and The Age of Sail.
Includes, but is not limited to, photographs, documents, books, DVDs, oral histories, genealogies, ledgers, minutes and records, scrapbooks, plans, maps, city and town reports, small three-dimensional items, and Bath Historical Society publications. There are extensive collections related to people, businesses, churches, schools, organizations, transportation, and events.
Over 2000 documents and photographs cataloged and extensive collection of glass negatives and early town records that go back to the 1800's. We have spent the last year scanning photographs for our archives taht our community has been willing to share with us. We have state of the art equipment for this purpose. All photos will be digitally recorded for our archives.
Primary artifact is the Greek Revival Union Meetinghouse, constructed in 1848, and for which we are in the process of applying to the National Register of Historic Places. Other items include a variety of small household and farm artifacts; a collection of antique schoolbooks and other period books; work of local artist Uriah Dyer; and the original postal window from the Appleton Village Post Office as well as the certificates of appointment of postmasters. We have a collection of the historical and genealogical works of local historian Dr.
Genealogical materials, photos, town reports, town deeds, local authored books, local books, school house furniture, quilts, clothing, toiletries, business registers, local school projects.
Restoration of The Franklin-Dow School. The last remaining one room schoolhouse in Dayton. Attempting to locate and reference town cemeteries.