Pittsfield
· Somerset County
Maine · U.S.A.
Also see the Mid Maine History discussion group
The Pittsfield Historical Society
- PHS & its Members
- The Pittsfield Historical Society was formed in 1983 in a community effort to preserve and protect some of the town's most valuable assets: its history and artifacts. Pittsfield's past is rich in the history of a mill town, beginning in its earliest days as a wilderness hunting expedition site, to the first mills erected on the Sebasticook River that winds its way through the downtown area.
- Members of PHS are local people with a common interest: Pittsfield!
- Some members offer a significant and substantial offering to our history; others quietly affect the background musings. We listen to others' impossible dreams, (and create a few of our own), lend a hand with repairs, unravel mysteries, research genealogy, catalog artifacts and pictures, and unobtrusively capture the essence of a part of our New England heritage. Whatever your capability, your interest is the key.
- Help us write the history of Pittsfield!
- This site is constantly growing. In these pages you will find several locations listed with little or no history given. If you know even parts of the history of these locations, please share with us what you know so we can better fill in the history of Pittsfield. Also see the History of Your Place page.
- Join the Society
- Hoping to preserve the way we were, PHS collects bits and pieces of Pittsfield history largely through donated artifacts, photographs, newspapers, family scrapbooks and diaries. By looking at and preserving the way it was, we aspire to keep the spirit of many alive. The local community is wealthy in history scarcely uncovered of a small frontier town, to bustling mill town to the safe, clean New England town we know today.
- Members of PHS invite you to join us in piecing together the alluring portrait of Pittsfield, Maine, USA. Call 2003 President Jim Lanzikos at 207-487-5985 or join us as we meet at the Depot House Museum on Central Street. The public is always welcome to join us. Watch the Rolling Thunder Express community paper for our notice!
- Would you like to get occasional email notices from the PHS?
- From time to time the society will be sending email notices to anyone interested in Pittsfield Historical Society events. If you would like to be recieve these notices click here to write an email to send us your email address. We won't share your address with anyone else.
- Museum Hours:
April to October: The Depot House Museum will be open every Tuesday and Saturday, from 10am to 1pm., or by appointment.
November - March: The Depot House Museum will be open by appointment. Contact Tom Brown (487-4926).
If you would like to visit the Museum during other hours, call or email Tom Brown (487-4926), or call the Museum at 487-3447 and leave a message.
Meetings of the Pittsfield Historical Society:
January through October meetings will be at 7 pm on the third Thursday of each month at the Museum.
November & December meetings are on the second Saturday of the month at 1 pm.
- Please visit soon!
- Click here to learn more about the Pittsfield Historical Society.
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Contact Information
Location: Pittsfield Historical Society, 8 Central Street, Pittsfield
Mailing Address: Pittsfield Historical Society, P.O. Box 181, Pittsfield, Maine 04967
Phone: (207) 487-2408 (Clum Spencer, vice-president)
GPS: LAT 44.782; LONG: -69.383
Jim Lanzikos, President JML1129@roadrunner.com
Clum Spencer, Groundskeeper Clum@midmaine.com
Kathy Palmer, Secretary okay1960@roadrunner.com
Tom Brown, Treasurer jojfrost@verizon.net
Tom Roberts, Webweaver tom@snakeroot.net
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Kathy M. Palmer, Pittsfield, Maine 04967
&
Tom Roberts, Pittsfield, Maine 04967
