Lebanon Historical Society Museum and Visitors Center

05/03/2026

NOTICE:

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Richard Brookhiser talk for today, May 3, has been canceled.

Please Note:

Our Member's Annual Meeting will still be held at 4pm today at the Congregational Church, with a reception prior to the meeting at 3pm. We hope our members will still join us.

We apologize sincerely for any inconvenience.

02/23/2026

Due to the weather, the Historical Society office will be closed again tomorrow. Stay safe everyone.

10/18/2025

Great day to come to the Historical Society. Free family fun. Meet oxen Wayne & Garth.

08/06/2025

The 10-day forecast is looking great for our "A Taste of Lebanon" fundraising event on Saturday, August 16th!

Be sure to get your tickets in advance, available online or at the Historical Society. More information is available here: https://historyoflebanon.org/events/an-italian-evening-at-the-vineyard

Join us for our next fundraising event. Limited seating. Tickets must be purchased by Aug. 8th.

07/30/2025

Join us for our next fundraising event. Limited seating. Tickets must be purchased by Aug. 8th.

03/15/2025

In 1998 the Guilford Keeping Society forwarded a group of photographic prints to the Lebanon Historical Society. Most of the images were of the Governor Jonathan Trumbull House and one was of the so-called Hunt or Campbell House. The last was simply called “unidentified Lebanon House.” The image was taken in the late fall or early spring since there are no leaves on the trees and no snow on the ground. The house is a typical two-story center chimney farmhouse with a road in front and a lane or road on the left. It seems to clapboard siding although the siding could be shingles. The image is small, only three and a half by two and a half inches so details are not clear.

03/08/2025

In 1981, Alma Foster Hamill donated this photograph to the Lebanon Historical Society She reported that the image was taken in 1922 of thirty-nine students grades 5 through 9 at Lebanon Center School which stood where the Jonathan Trumbull Library is now. Most of the students are named on the back.

Front row: Frank, King, Harrison Abel, Charles Istenese, Richard Cu***ng, Frank Perkins, Benjamin Himmelstein

Second Row: Jason Clark, Edwin Foster, William Heild(?), Abe Schwartz, unknown, John Madley, Donald Cu***ng

Third row: Helen Abel, Alma Foster, Julia Standish, Grace Vettleton, unknown, unknown

Fourth row: Grace Littlefield, Pauline Schwartz, P. Vinegrad, Margaret Wyman, Lucille Abel, Ruth Ryan, Ruth Vinegard, Florence Campbell

Back row: Charles Briggs, Alfred Wyman, Ruth Standish, Helen Taylor, Adna Madley, Ruth Campbell, Myra Geer, Zelda Himmelstein, Fred Kasark(?), Alfred Williams

03/01/2025

This photograph is described in museum records as "Briggs Road property of Gurdon A. Aspinall, Lebanon. Picture was taken from Aspinall's new house built in 1959 (later owned by the late Bo Katz). The view, looking easterly done Briggs Road shows, left to right: outbuildings, corn crib (darker roof), old house, horsebarn, old milkroom, old barn, and silos visible behind old barn; Pleasant Hill in Franklin, visible in rea. Collie dog, Prince: several litters raised/sold on farm. Photo taken 1959. (many thanks to Mary Lou Beckwith and Louise Rheaume who donated this and other photographs of the farm

02/22/2025

In June 1922, the Town of Lebanon notified the community of its preliminary plans to construct a high school. The forward to the pamphlet reads: “Lyman Memorial high School was conceived in the minds of the Lyman Family, whose plan was to present the children of Lebanon the opportunity for a high school education in their own town. This plan was made possible by George W. Lyman who bequeathed about $62,000 to the Town for the establishment of a high school. The bequest was accepted, and the building is the culmination of the plans of the Lyman Family.”

The booklet also includes lists of the members of the building committee, school committee, and high school faculty with a description of the courses and a faculty list.