31 Mar Announcing our 2021 Annual Meeting
After a brief business meeting for members, author and journalist Colin Woodard will treat us to his talk, "200 Years as a State, 170 as a...
FHS Updates
25 Mar Changes, Past & Present
The transformation of Harrington House's interior involves updating door widths to ADA standards and renovating our former reception space to create a small kitchen and...
18 Mar Barn, Storming, Builders!
Barn being lowered into place on its new foundation Barn! Storming! Builders! Support our Building Fund A fine Maine winter with a polar vortex is a hard time...
04 Mar Anchors Aweigh!
Posted at 16:39h in Harrington House
In 2016 George Denney gave your Historical Society a gift of one million dollars in response to a declaration of need from the board at...
17 Mar FHS events cancelled until further notice
Due to risk posed by the coronavirus, FHS has opted to postpone upcoming events until further notice. This means that we will not be hosting: The History...
10 Mar Continual bloom in the perennial garden
Tuesday, April 7th from 4:00 – 5:00 PM Harrington House, 45 Main St. Suggested donation: $5 Join the FHS Garden Committee in welcoming Bill Kennie, Nursery Manager at...
07 Feb The history of plants
Thursday, March 26th 7-8:30 PM 45 Main St., Harrington House $5 suggested donation Join us for a lecture with historian June O’Donal. O’Donal is a retired museum educator whose...
02 Dec ED Bonney: Freeport Information Center
Posted at 22:04h in Featured Freeporters
By Sam Smith The sign on the building next to the railroad station reads “Freeport Information Center.” But the real center of information is the man...
01 Nov Ghost Walks of Freeport
Posted at 18:04h in Events
Thank you to all who participated in our Ghost Walks. They were wonderfully and wickedly fun! Thank you to our resident specter, a.k.a. Nancy Gunn,...
02 Oct Ruth Gruninger
Posted at 22:25h in Featured Freeporters
RUTH GRUNINGER STARTED her own formal education in the one room school house at Porter’s Landing in 1931, just down the hill from where she...
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