PASSPORT to the Past History Around Lake Sunapee Mission Statement: To preserve and present to others the history of the towns which surround Lake Sunapee. The Lake Sunapee Region is Knowlton House, Sunapee Harbor rich in resources and history, and has attracted visitors with its recreational opportunities for more than 140 years. 2014 Participants: The Ice House Foundation, The Center Meeting House, The Fells: Historic Estate & Gardens, The New London, Newbury and Sunapee Historical Societies, The Barn Playhouse, and the Lake Sunapee Protective Association have once again joined in a collaborative effort to present a series of programs and exhibits in 2014 that highlight our historical heritage. Admission: Fees and registration requirements vary, depending on event location, purpose and sponsor. Please check each event for more information. Special exhibits may be viewed during normal open hours for each museum. Please check web sites for more information, hours and directions. Scytheville House, New London Historical Society Grounds LAKE SUNAPEE PRO T EC T I V E NEW LONDON ASSOCIA T ION (LSPA) HISTORICAL VILLA G E & MUSEU M LSPA, founded in 1898, is a member-supported, non- The New London Historical Society is a non-profit profit, educational organization dedicated to preserving volunteer organization committed to preserving and and enhancing the Lake Sunapee region’s environment. presenting the history of the New London, NH area. LSPA actively engages in and collaborates on education Founded in 1954, the Society maintains a village of for children, families and adults; water quality analysis; 19th century buildings and a collection of horse-drawn invasive species prevention; limnology, watershed vehicles, an extensive textile collection, and a refer- research and science; and operates a water quality ence library. The Village contains a farm house with laboratory at Colby-Sawyer College. LSPA maintains attached English-style barn, herb garden, implement three century-old lighthouses on Lake Sunapee. LSPA and carriage sheds, a blacksmith shop, a school house is located in a 19th century historic landmark in and privy, a country store, a violin-making & carriage Sunapee Harbor with exhibits and a demonstration painting shop, a fire house, hearse house, meeting landscape garden. Many programs are held and visitors house and the Transportation Building. Year-round are always welcome. activities include dessert and lecture socials, programs LAKE SUNAPEE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION for school children, Old Home Days in September, PO Box 683, 63 Main Street and a Holiday Open House in early December. Sunapee Harbor, NH 03782 NEW LONDON HISTORICAL SOCIETY 603-763-2210 PO Box 965 www.lakesunapee.org 179 Little Sunapee Road, email: [email protected] New London, NH 03257 603-526-6564 www.newlondonhistoricalsociety.org Osborne/Flanders Livery - Sunapee Historical Society Museum Tractor at The Ice House Museum SUNAPEE , NH HISTORICAL SOCIE T Y THE ICE HOUSE MUSEU M , The Sunapee, NH Historical Society, founded in NEW LONDON , NH 1973, is currently located in the Flanders/Osborne The Ice House Museum features an eclectic and fas- Stable in Sunapee Harbor. This non-profit association cinating collection, assembled over about 50 years, by has over 300 members, and a dedicated group of vol- New London native, Bill Kidder, with help from his unteers. The old stable houses a museum with artifacts friends. The Museum’s goal is educational…to ensure and photos representing the various facets of life in that visitors of all ages can touch and experience all this Sunapee. There are exhibits on Agriculture, Industry, “great stuff”. Such things as: children’s toys, ice cutting Tourism, Hotels, Steamboats, Schools, Recreation and tools, New London’s first fire engine, movie projector, everyday life in Sunapee. Free programs are presented his favorite cars: antique Fords, high wheeler bicycles, on selected Thursday evenings in July & August. tools and engines …and more. Many are exceptional SUNAPEE, NH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. examples of good old “Yankee Ingenuity”. Bill enjoyed PO Box 501, Sunapee, NH 03782 tinkering and kept much of the collection in working 603-763-9872 (Ans. Machine) condition. He loved to show visitors how everything www.sunapeehistoricalsociety.org worked. The Ice House Museum is honored to be the email: [email protected] guardian of this very unique presentation. The WFK Ice House Foundation is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) private operating foundation. THE ICE HOUSE MUSEUM 91 Pleasant Street, PO Box 299 New London, NH 03257 603-526-9394 Center Meeting House, Newbury Website: www.wfkicehouse.org Photo by Maureen Rosen Open: Late May through Early October, Tues-Thurs: 9-4, Sat: 9-2 Map from Boston & Lowell Railroad Book, 1887 New London Barn Playhouse Sherman Hall, The Fells Main House South Newbury, NH CEN T ER MEE T IN G HOUSE , NEWBURY , NH The Center Meeting House is unique; a true Federal style structure built in 1832 from a plan of Asher Ben- jamin by the citizens of Newbury, NH. The structure is the only reverse pulpit meeting house in its original NEW LONDON BARN PLAYHOUSE condition still standing in New England. The last res- The New London Barn Playhouse is New Hampshire’s toration was completed by John Hay in 1893. Without NEWBURY , NH HISTORICAL SOCIE T Y THE FELLS HISTORIC ES T A T E & GARDENS oldest, continuously operating summer theater, a dis- his generous intervention, the building would not have The Newbury Historical Society is a member-supported nonprofit organization dedi- The Fells, located on the shores of Lake Sunapee in Newbury, NH, is one of New tinction that has gained it inclusion in the state’s Regis- survived. Our building is on both National and State cated to the preservation of Newbury’s rich history and to making this history acces- England’s finest examples of an early 20th-century summer estate. Built in 1891 for ter of Historic Places. Located in a circa 1820 convert- Registers of Historic Places. Since 2005 our charitable sible to residents and others who are interested in learning more about our past. The statesman and diplomat John Milton Hay, it was home to three generations of the ed and newly air conditioned barn on New London’s organization has been working in keeping with our collection, preservation and display of artifacts and documents of significance to the distinguished Hay family. The Colonial Revival Main House is open for historic tours Main Street, this 302 seat community treasure will of- vision “to conserve the Center Meeting House for future town and its residents are housed in Sherman Hall in South Newbury. Newbury’s plus exhibits of art and history from Memorial Day through Columbus Day. Miles of fer twelve weeks of quality plays and musicals during generations and to make it a center for activities that will history book, Newbury, highlights 200 years of the town’s heritage through text and hiking trails and extensive formal gardens can be enjoyed in every season. Events and the summer of 2014, its 82nd Season. unite and enrich our community.” pictures. educational programs in history, horticulture & ecology are offered year-round. NEW LONDON BARN PLAYHOUSE CENTER MEETING HOUSE NEWBURY, NH HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE FELLS HISTORIC ESTATE & GARDENS 84 Main Street, P.O. Box 9 945 Route 103, PO Box 50, PO Box 176 456 Route 103A, PO Box 276, Newbury, NH 03255 New London, NH 03257 Newbury, NH 03255 Newbury, NH 03255 Telephone: 603-763-4789 603-526-6710 or 526-4631 www.centermeetinghouse.org www.newburyhistorical.org www.thefells.org • [email protected] www.nlbarn.org 2014 EVENTS & PROGRAMS NEW LONDON BARN PLAYHOUSE lake sunapee ProTECTIVE ASSOCIATION Date: April 22nd, 7 p.m. Dessert Social, 7:30 p.m. Program + Location: NLHS Meeting House Date: July 9th, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. + Location: LSPA’s Learning Center, 63 Main St. Sunapee Program: CURTAINS UP, a lively preview of the 2014 New London Barn Playhouse Summer Season - presented by Carol Dunne, Program: “OUT ON A LIMB” Presented by Ben Kilham, wildlife biologist, author and film maker, noted expert on bears and bear behavior. Artistic Director and Tom DeMille, Board President. Preview the exciting 82nd Barn Playhouse Season in song, story, interesting Based on 20 years of observing and documenting black bear behavior, Kilham will share knowledge of black bear intelligence and intuition. historic tidbits and insider Barn Playhouse stories. Admission $4 for NLHS members, $6 for non members. Date: July 22nd, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. + Location: LSPA’s Learning Center, 63 Main St. Sunapee Dates: June 11th - August 31st + Location: 84 Main Street, New London Program: LITTLE LOON Grows UP! Presented by Kittie Wilson, a volunteer for The Loon Preservation Committee, and proud recipi- Events: BROADWAY SHOWS - Winner of a record number of New Hampshire Theatre Awards, this season the Barn Playhouse ent of the 2009 Spirit of the Loon Award, will share her observations and photographs of the loon family of Pleasant Lake in New London. presents the musicals A Little Night Music, Damn Yankees, Spamalot, and Kiss Me Kate, the comedy Over The Pub and the mystery Dial Loons are amazing bird parents, very gentle and loving with their chicks. Over the summer months these adorable loon chicks change a M For Murder. Tickets (603-526-6710/4631) or tickets@ nlbarn.org. great deal! Come watch the little loons grow up in an outstanding photo presentation. Date: July 29th, Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. + Location: LSPA’s Learning Center, 63 Main St. Sunapee Program: ALL ABOUT BATS. Presented by Jeff Foster, conservation biologist, microbiologist and ecologist Jeff will talk about the role bats play in insect control and agriculture, and the white nose syndrome that has decimated bat populations, particularly in the Northeast and Canada.