Fairfield Historical Society

Newsletter - “The 2025 year in Review”

The Fairfield Historical Society is a nonprofit Section 501c (3) which owns and runs the Fairfield History House.. It serves as a focal point of town history and a safe location for a unique collection of Fairfield memorabilia and artifacts. It serves as a repository for area residents who have period items and family memorabilia that they want preserved.

The History House is also a local destination and brings people to Fairfield. A major responsibility of the society is the maintenance of the history house and barn. Visitors tour the museum with docents explaining the story of each room and the artifacts they contain. Visitors also come to research local history and do genealogical work. School children learn what life was like in the early 1900s and what a rich history this area has.

2025 was a busy productive year for the Fairfield Historical Society. The number of visitors and research requests have increased and we have new members and volunteers. We had a spring and a fall barn and bake sale and held the annual Christmas Open House. We finished the following capital improvements: lighting installed in the attic; shelving has been added to the attic; new paver sidewalks and granite steps; outside lights for the sidewalks. We continued work on renewing the Cotton/Smith gardens.

This year we gave History Awards to two Lawrence High School students, Paige Goodwin and Kallie Richards. We thank the following volunteers for continuing the regular maintenance and service work: Bill & Peggy Blair, Derek & Pam Byran, Paul & Shannon King, Kathy & Kevin Violette, Barbara Gunvaldsen. Shirley Duplessis, and Jennifer Morrisseau, Cora Damon, Kitty Dawson, Judy Albair, Jack Teague and Alexandre Palagi. Thank you to the Town of Fairfield, our donors, our many volunteers and all who continue to support our work of preserving the history of Fairfield.

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