Click here to register now. How did a stuttering young boy come to be fluent in nine languages and even teach speech and rhetoric at Bowdoin College? How did a trained minister who had rarely left his native Maine find his way to the Gettysburg battlefield where he played a key role in preserving the Union? How did this wounded ...
This annual opportunity to clean out your files is an important fundraiser for Chapman-Hall House and all are welcome! Come to the Bath Savings Bank parking lot next to Damariscotta’s Chapman-Hall House to clean out old documents like financial papers and bank statements for shredding by professionals. Volunteers will provide assistance. Bags, boxes, or even truck-loads of papers will be ...
LCHA's annual commemoration of Memorial Day. After being called to order at 11a.m., the gathered will proceed up the woods road to the Court House cemetery. Veteran soldiers of three wars will be remembered through spoken words and the placing of bouquets upon the graves. Reenactors from the Colonial Maine Living History Association will be on-site with their encampment open ...
Help us usher in the summer and celebrate opening day at our three historic house museums: Damariscotta's 1754 Chapman-Hall House, Dresden's 1761 Pownalborough Court House, and Wiscasset's 1811 Old Jail with attached 1839 Jailer's House. Admission is free! Click here for hours and museum information.
LCHA works hard to meet the ongoing challenge of preserving each of the historic treasures in our care. It is the buildings themselves that require the lion's share of the funds we obtain through our annual appeal, memberships, bequests, grant applications and special appeals. Please help us preserve these extraordinary buildings for future generations.