Court House Collections and New Connections:

LCHA receives generous donations of historic items connected to Pownalborough Court House – from across the country.

A wonderful story about special gifts to the LCHA collections from far and wide was recently highlighted in the Lincoln County News. Click here for the article describing how these items found their way home to Dresden.

  • Aileen Edge (center) with her daughters Olivia Edge (right) and Robyn Edge(left) stand in front of the Pownalborough Court House in Dresden during a Lincoln County Historical Association event on Saturday, June 12. The court house was home to some of the Edges’ ancestors for almost two centuries. (Nate Poole photo)
  • A portrait of Rebecca Johnson Prescott hangs in the first floor parlor of the Pownalborough Court House in Dresden. Aileen and David Edge donated the painting, which they drove cross-country from their home in Washington state. (Nate Poole photo)
  • Lori Love and Aric Wilmunder hold a framed fabric sampler on the second floor of the Pownalborough Court House on Saturday, June 12. Love and Wilmunder donated six samplers made by members of the family that occupied the house in the 19th century to the Lincoln County Historical Association. (Nate Poole photo)