History of Lake Sunapee told through postcards. Booksigning at Sunapee Harbor, May 27

The Sunapee Historical Society will  host a book signing with local author Paul D. Rheingold on Sunday, May 27, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the historical society museum at Sunapee Harbor. Rheingold, a summer resident of Sunapee for 33 years, authored “Lake Sunapee” — the newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s Postcard History series. It includes [...]

Sunapee Happenings: Harbor festivities to Transit of Venus

♦ Sunapee Harbor businesses will kick off the season on Thursday, May 24, from 5:30-8 p.m., with festivities for all: music, local culinary treats, boat tours, door prizes and area artists. The Sunapee Historical Society will also be open. ♦ The Sunapee Historical Society will host a book signing on Sunday, May 27, 2-4 p.m., [...]

Sunapee Historical Society: Spring Meeting is May 9

What’s on the Sunapee Historical Society calendar for May (2012)? Wednesday, May 9, 7 p.m., at the Sunapee Community Methodist Church.  Spring meeting and program:  The Life and Times of William Cant Sturoc, Sunapee lawyer, politician, farmer, and poet. Presented by Bev Cutts and Ron Garceau with readings from Sturoc’s diary, photos and more. All [...]

Sunapee Seniors: “Sunapee’s Brave Boys”

“Sunapee’s Brave Boys: A Talk on Sunapee’s Civil War Experience” will be presented by Becky Rylander on Monday, March 26, 2012, at the next meeting of the Sunapee Seniors. The program starts at 1 p.m. at the Sunapee Methodist Church, Lower Main Street. The public is invited to attend. Light refreshments will be offered. Rylander, [...]

Sunapee Echoes reports historical society happenings

The latest issue  of Echoes, the Sunapee Historical Society newsletter, is now available and, as always, includes program announcements and interesting tidbits about Sunapee’s past, its people, places and practices. The summer 2011 issue is viewable on-line. Sandy Alexander for the Society’s historical properties project relates from legal transfers the “drama”– the ups and downs [...]

Sunapee Hosts Cracker Barrel Talk with Bill Roach

The Sunapee Historical Society will host a Cracker Barrel talk with Bill Roach on Wednesday, April 27th at the Community Methodist Church, Lower Main Street, Sunapee at 7 p.m. Bill, a graduate of Sunapee High School and now a selectman, will share stories of Sunapee. The program is open to the public free of charge. [...]

Sunapee Historical Society Hosts Fall Program Oct 27th

The Sunapee Historical Society Fall Meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 27th at 7 pm at the Sunapee Community Methodist Church, Lower Main Street. “We’ll draw the lucky winning ticket for the lovely Lower Main Street painting that Barbara Chalmers painted during our Main Street Walk and then see a demonstration of our Magic Lantern projector and [...]

Sunapee Historical Society Raffles Painting Oct. 27

The  Sunapee Historical Society, at its fall meeting October 27, will choose the lucky winner of  an oil painting by Barbara Chalmers, Sunapee. The view is of Lower Main Street from yesteryear. Chalmers worked on this painting during the society’s Main Street Walk in July and donated it to the SHS for a fund-raising raffle. [...]

Sunapee “Main Street Talks” Meets April 29

Planning continues for Sunapee’s Main Street Talks, a local historical society event. An organizing and informational meeting will be held on Thursday, April 29th, at 7 p.m. at the Knowlton House, the office of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association at Sunapee Harbor.  Everyone interested in all phases of the event is welcome to attend. Organizers [...]

Sunapee’s Main Street Walk: Research Team to Meet at Historical Museum

Sunapee is planning a historical tour of Main Street to be held this summer. Those interested in taking part in the event are invited to sign up. And volunteers that can help with historical research are invited to a meeting on March 30. Ron Garceau, president of the Sunapee Historical Society, the group sponsoring the [...]

More about Sunapee’s Main Street Walk

Who might portray Herbert Jones, the Ice Man, or Governor Bartlett or James Perkins… in “Main Street Talks,” a summer happening being planned by the Sunapee Historical Society? The response to a call for participants in the Main Street walk has been “great” said Ron Garceau, president of the SHS, who counted over 30 people [...]

Main Street Talks: Old Sunapee Photos

The Sunapee Historical Society is looking to put together a summer event, a happening! It’s called “Main Street Talks.” An organizing meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 24 at the Sunapee Methodist Church, Lower Main Street at 7 p.m. All interested are invited to attend. SHS President Ron Garceau sent us these photos showing [...]

Sunapee Discusses “Main Street Talks”

“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift, and that is why it is called the present.” This quote accompanied an email from President Ron Garceau of the Sunapee Historical Society. The historical society is looking to create a present-day gift — a memorable, fun-filled community experience called: “Main Street Talks.” [...]

Anyone know about the Tontine House in Sunapee?

What do you know about the Tontine House in Sunapee? Local historian Ron Garceau thinks the building once located on Lower Main Street in Sunapee was a leather-paste shop, where workers made paste to glue the sole of shoes. Garceau says that according to the 1870 census, N. P. Gardner may have owned the building. [...]

Historical Society Program Looks at What’s Disappeared from Sunapee

The Sunapee Historical Society will hold its Fall Meeting on Wednesday, October 28 at the Sunapee Community Methodist Church, Lower Main Street, Sunapee. SHS President Ron Garceau will present the evening program and look at what’s “Disappeared from Sunapee” while sharing local history and showing old photos of buildings that have vanished from Sunapee’s landscape. [...]

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