The Society for the Preservation of the Old Meeting House in Webster, NH doing business as Webster Historical Society d/b/a certificate
(Mailing address: Webster Historical Society, 1215 Battle Street, Webster, NH 03303
2024 Calendar (watch for updates!)
- May 18, Saturday, 8am to 2pm, Town-wide and Old Meeting House Yard Sale
- May 24: Memorial Day Ceremony at the Old Meeting House
- June 5, Wednesday, school children Round Robin at the Old Meeting House
- July and August, Sundays, 1-3 pm: Old Meeting House Open House
- July 20, Saturday, 1 pm at Webster Town Hall : Sheryl Faye: Helen Keller
- August 17, Saturday, Old Home Day, Pearson Park and Old Meeting House
- August 18, Sunday, Old Home Day church Service – Meeting House?
History Committee and the Next History Book
The book Webster, New Hampshire History, 1933-1983 was published early the next year by the Webster History Committee. Members are listed in the book itself as Mabel Anderson, Patricia Inman, Marjorie Blanchette, Marion Jones, Edna Frost, Elizabeth Pearson and Beverly Russell, few of whom are still alive. The older history books are out of copyright and may be found in the archive.
History reports for 1984-2014 and 2019-2022
The Society is serious about Genealogy: see the Genealogy page for the latest.
Houses report, (some with questionable dates) containing information from the 1983 history book and public tax records. Please contact the Society if you have additional information and photos about your house.
Webster Historical Society received A New Hampshire Preservation Alliance Recognition watch video on YouTube.
The public area Artifacts folder of the Webster Digital Archive contains thousands of historic photos, many diaries, letters, and lately, several oral histories from the 1970s. The public area also contains all the Town of Webster Annual Reports, and the available Town Hall Meeting minutes. (NH towns’ Annual Reports may also be found on the UNH digital archive website in searchable PDF format.
The Old Meeting House was listed in the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1964, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, and added to NH Register of Historic Places in July, 2020. It is also registered with GuideStar.