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Town of Woodstock turns out for
Arts and Crafts Festival
The festival, held this year on Saturday, October 17, and Sunday, October 18, could not happen without the help of local volunteers, who sell tickets, assist with parking, provide hot coffee and muffins in the early morning hours, and staff the sales area in the Roseland Cottage museum shop.
Each year members of the First Congregational Church invite several of the out-of-town craftspeople to lodge in their homes, and they host a wonderful dinner for all the vendors. The selectmen grant use of the town common for parking, Woodstock Academy holds an open house to coincide with the festival, and academy students volunteer throughout the weekend. Members of the Woodstock Historical Society, Putnam and Thompson Lions Clubs, and other area non-profits are on-site to share information about their organizations.
The festival draws thousands of visitors to the community to dine in area restaurants, shop in local stores, and spend tourism dollars. Historic New England is proud of its work with the community and its cultural partnerships in Woodstock.
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New trustee
Historic New England is pleased to announce that Deborah L. Allinson of Hingham, Massachusetts, was recently elected to the Board of Trustees. A former partner of Wellington Management Company, Ms. Allinson serves as a trustee of the Lenora M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, is a member of the executive committee of the Boston Economic Club, and is a trustee of the Wheeler School in Providence, Rhode Island. |
Historic New England celebrates the fifteenth annual Book Prize with a talk and reception on Tuesday, November 10, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers.
 This year's Book Prize is awarded to Henry Austin: In Every Variety of Architectural Style by James F. O'Gorman. Mr. O'Gorman will discuss his research on one of New England's most prolific architects, Henry Austin (1804-1891). Austin practiced in New Haven, Connecticut, for more than fifty years, producing numerous public, commercial, ecclesiastical, and domestic buildings throughout New England.
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Twentieth-century paint
Historic New England is planning a multi-hued celebration for its centennial year in 2010 - one involving more than one hundred colors.
 Next spring, Historic New England and its licensing partner, the California Products Corporation, will launch an extensive new line of historically documented paint colors drawn from twentieth-century architectural sources in our archives and at our historic sites. The twentieth-century paint palette represents a high standard of authenticity and documentation to ensure that the paint colors are historically appropriate. All the selections for the palette were made from paint and wallpaper colors either present in Historic New England properties or used decoratively in twentieth-century building interiors and exteriors documented in our collections. So, before you restore your 1930s bathroom, or redecorate that 1950s sunken living room, you may want to look at a twentieth century orchid, tangerine, or teal! This new color chart was designed to complement Historic New England's very popular Historic Colors of America paint chart, which offers 149 colors for architectural styles ranging from Colonial to Colonial Revival. |
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Recipes of the month
 Throughout the Year of the Kitchen, Historic New England offers recipes of the month to share its efforts in preserving stories about food and foodways.
Check out this month's pumpkin recipes selected from the Cogswell's Grant Pumpkin Recipes cookbook. For hands-on pumpkin fun, join us at Cogswell's Grant Pumpkin Day this Saturday, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., where you can enjoy pumpkin decorating, a pumpkin pie-eating contest, crafts and games, and cider pressing. |
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Support for 100 Years, 100 Communities As part of its centennial celebration, Historic New England is embarking on 100 Years, 100 Communities, a series of partnerships with communities throughout New England to document, preserve, and share the twentieth-century history of the region. One such project documents the twentieth-century story of the commercial fishing industry in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
 Historic New England recently was awarded a grant of $4,650 for the "Portsmouth Fisherman" project from the Project Support Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation - Piscataqua.
As fishing restrictions increase and local families are displaced by second homes and condominiums, the stories of the people working in the commercial fishing industry are in danger of being lost. Historic New England Regional Site Manager Elizabeth Farish will work with the New Hampshire Commercial Fishermen's Association to identify current and former fishermen and conduct oral histories to weave a story of the industry from 1940 to today. She is also working with photographer Jeremy Hefflin, who is spending time on two fishing boats to document the men at work. In addition to the recorded histories, panels depicting the story will be on display in the Discover Portsmouth Center during 2010.
There will be regular updates on 100 Years, 100 Communities projects in Historic New England's membership newsletter What's Happening. Join now to stay informed. |
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Historic New England is pleased to be a co-sponsor of Neighbors and Networks: The Olmsted Firm and the Development of Brookline, 1880 - 1936, on Wednesday, October 28.
A study, led by Professor Keith Morgan, explores the impact of the Olmsted office and family on the evolution of the town of Brookline, Massachusetts. During this presentation Professor Morgan discusses the network of personal and professional relationships that facilitated the careful development of the suburban landscape surrounding Fairsted, Olmsted's home and office.
Reception at 6:00 p.m. Presentation at 7:00 p.m.
Wheelock College, 43 Hawes Street, Brookline, Mass. Free.
Registration required. Click here to reply or call 617-566-1689, ext. 235.
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