The Bristol Historical Society was formed on June 5, 1977 by Dorothy and Win Trudo, Howard and Anna Gladding, John and Elizabeth Hise, Barbara and John Kennedy, Leland and Nina Landon, and several other interested citizens.
In the spring of 1978 a workforce, mostly volunteers, began to convert the old jail in the basement of Holley Hall into a headquarters and museum, which was dedicated on July 7, 1979
The museum was relocated to quarters in the Howden Hall Community Center in August 1991. Howden Hall was named for its previous owners, William S. Howden and Susan Hall, who purchased it for the Advent Christian Society in 1891.
Donations of photographs, diaries, genealogies, and artifacts with a Bristol history are welcome. We are grateful for the many donations to the museum in 2018.
The 2018 membership in the Society was 155 including 42 Life Members.
GOAL: To discover, collect, and preserve information and materials on the history of Bristol.
COLLECTION: Artifacts, photographs, books, manuscripts and documents, period clothing and quilts are available for viewing at the Howden Hall Museum, 19 West Street in Bristol. Feel free to contact any of our Executive Board by phone or E-mail with your inquiry.
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Meetings: 7 pm every third Thursday, May through October.
See Addison Independent for changes.
Officers
- Stephen Ayotte, President
- Gerald Heffeman, Vice-President
- John Burbank, Secretary
- Ted Lylis, Treasurer
- Sylvia Coffin, Past President
Executive Members at Large
- Reg Dearborn
- Rick Desorda
EVEN IF YOU CAN’T BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER WE WELCOME AND NEED FINANCIAL SUPPORT.