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
Annual Meeting
At the Annual Meeting on September 28, 2024, we voted to update the by-laws, (1) changing the Annual Meeting to first quarter of the calendar year, (2) giving 2 weeks notice for said meeting, (3) changed this meeting to require a quorum of 10 members, fice of whom must be Trustees, and (4) adding a quorum is required for any vote of the Board.
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 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.