EVERYONE IS INVITED TO THE  ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE

at the

OLD PORTER MEETING HOUSE

September 1, 2019    1 – 3 pm

Come tour this historic building and hear Katherine Rhoda play “Music of the Suffragettes” to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of Maine ratifying the 19^th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

Katherine is well known for playing her antique instruments and singing folk songs and other music from our past history.  

This unique building is on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the very few meeting houses left.

It played an important part in the early history of Porter. As you enter the building step back in history to 1824 and imagine attending a Bullockite quarterly service or participating in a Porter Town Meeting here. 

(For more information and pictures about the history of the Old Porter Meeting House, see our previous BLOG post dated Nov. 4, 2016.)

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Rain or Shine!

Located on Old Meeting House Road, Porter, ME

Directions: from Kezar Falls Village: take Rt. 25 West to Colcord Pond Rd., then right on Old Meeting House Rd. From Porter Village: take First County Rd., bear left at Colcord Pond Rd. then right on Old Meeting House Rd.

FMI call– 625 7019

Sponsored by

Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

(Sorry, no “facilities” available)

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Save the Date!

DOUBLE OPEN HOUSE!

 

Saturday, August 17, 1-3 pm
at Merrill Hill Road just off Middle Road in Parsonsfield.
Come visit what was once the thriving heart of Parsonsfield, Maine.  Both the Parsonsfield Old Town House & the Union Church will be open to the public.

Exhibits, information & photos from past times in the village will be on display in the Town House.


At 2:00 pm Sylvia Wilson will talk about the Moulton family,
former residents of Middle Road Village, based on letters to Hattie, 

the youngest daughter.

Take the Self-guided Cemetery Walk

Learn about some of the illustrious inhabitants who were former residents of Middle Road Village. (Be prepared for rough terrain.)

Sponsored by the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society & the Parsonsfield Union Church Society.

 

FMI: 625-8189

Note: no restroom facilities available.