The Society for the Preservation of the Old Meeting House in Webster, NH uses its legal Trade Name, Webster Historical Society (certificate)
(Mailing address: Webster Historical Society, 1215 Battle Street, Webster, NH 03303
A Brief History of Webster, with Historic and Cutural Resources. (PDF file)
Clothespin Bridge over the Blackwater River in Webster was replaced 2025. Since this bridge and a few others in town were rebuilt after the floods of 1936, they were considered “historic.” VHB, a civil engineering consulting and design firm based in Waterbury, MA, created this report to serve as mitigation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for adverse effects associated with the bridge replacement on Clothespin Bridge Road (No. 121/103). Rebuilding-Websters-Bridges-After-the-1930s-Floods_VHB_web.pdf
The Webster Digital Archive is located on Google Drive and currently contains almost 90GB of date. If you don’t know how navigate, try searching within the archive. If you still need help, please email us at <info@websterhistoricalsociety.org>
The public area also contains all the Town of Webster Annual Reports and all 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 Society is serious about GENEALOGY: see the Genealogy page for the latest
This is Webster This is a small booklet in PDF format. All links are active. If the file does not open automatically on your computer, look in your download folder. **If you know of corrections, PLEASE email us** <info@websterhistoricalsociety.org>
Houses report contains information from the 1983 history book and public tax records, which do not always agree about dates. Please contact the Society if you have additional information and photos about your 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 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/Candid.