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Although our museums are closed up tight for the winter, Education Director Louise Miller is still hard at work. Constantly innovating and always responsive to learner’s (and teacher’s!) needs, Louise is currently in the brainstorm phase on some new programming we will tell you about this winter! Meanwhile, she continues to offer a full catalog of options to area teachers. …

Gifts of Stock – A new way to support LCHA and make a lasting impact – for future generations Members of LCHA’s Investment Committee spent 2023 developing a new way to ensure LCHA’s future well-being. Committee members have made generous lead donations to pave the way and now encourage members and supporters to find out for themselves how easy it …

How one painting facilitates human connection across generations. Peter Killeen photo Sometimes when we view historic works of art, we look at them in reverence and quiet reflection. The painting above is known to have inspired quite the opposite reaction from members of the Johnson family living at the Pownalborough Court House in the mid 19th century. The landscape had …

Earlier this year, The First National Bank made a generous $6,000 contribution to support the restoration of our historic Gazebo. We are so pleased to announce that this project is almost finished and the structure looks AMAZING! Longtime volunteer Bill Sutter took the lead in organizing the necessary work on the gazebo and several others made important contributions of time, …

Last fall we raised the necessary funds to Paint the Pownalborough Court House and by the end of this summer we’ll be glad to have the entire exterior of the building freshly painted. We were fortunate to receive a Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency grant for $10,000 to paint the exterior of the Pownalborough Court House, but we still …

Longtime Dresden resident and US Air Force Major Vladimir Lomakin passed away peacefully at the age of 84 on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. Vladimir and the entire Lomakin family have long been passionately connected to the Pownalborough Court House, living just next door to the austere building. For more than sixty years, the Lomakins have shared in the stewardship of …

By Louise Miller Comets were as fascinating in the 18th century as they are now. Although Edmon Halley’s work on comet orbits in 1705, coupled with the work of Isaac Newton, set a whole new definition for comet activity, there was a lot less information available to the average person at the time on this celestial activity. Lack of information did …