The Historical Society of Windham County, and its constituent Windham County Museum, is a local historical society formed in 1927 to record and study the history of
Windham County, Vermont
Windham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,905. The shire town ( county seat) is Newfane, and the largest municipality is the town of Brattleboro.
History
Fort Bridgman, Ve ...
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The organization was founded by
, and subsequently incorporated in 1933.
[ Subsequently, the organization built its current museum, starting in 1936 in Newfane, VT, and the museum is listed on the ]National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
.[ The society also holds a biannual "Windham County History Fair" in Newfaine.][
In 2015, the society purchased the remaining Newfane station, one of the last buildings left over from the ]West River Railroad
The Central Vermont Railway was a railroad that operated in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, as well as the Canadian province of Quebec.
It connected Montreal, Quebec, with New London, Connec ...
, to preserve the history of the railroad and to create a "West River Railroad Museum.
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Windham County, Vermont
Museums in Windham County, Vermont
Historical societies in Vermont
1927 in Vermont
Organizations established in 1927
Buildings and structures in Newfane, Vermont
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