Old Berwick Historical Society

Old Berwick Historical Society This is the official site of the Old Berwick Historical Society and Counting House Museum located in South Berwick, Maine

OPEN WEEKEND AFTERNOONS JUNE-OCTOBER AND YEAR ROUND BY APPOINTMENT

The Old Berwick Historical Society promotes public awareness of and appreciation for local and regional history through a variety of activities that explore, preserve, interpret, and celebrate the past, and through stewardship of the Counting House and its collections. We serve history lovers from all over the country, especially

Seacoast New Hampshire and Southern York County, Maine. The Counting House Museum is a regional treasure containing one of northern New England’s last textile mill ballrooms. Home of the Old Berwick Historical Society, it is a repository for documents, photographs and historic curiosities covering a wide spectrum of community life in and around the Berwicks, site of the first permanent settlement in Maine.

Congratulations Marshwood!
09/04/2026

Congratulations Marshwood!

Marshwood High School has been rated No. 11 among Maine’s 124 public high schools by U.S. News & World Report, which posts its Best High Schools ranking every two years....

Another with a 19th century cookie recipe. This old fashioned sugar cookie is a crisp light biscuit. When we made th...
09/04/2026

Another with a 19th century cookie recipe. This old fashioned sugar cookie is a crisp light biscuit. When we made these a second time, we added a little more ginger and a little more cinnamon with no regrets. We baked them in 375° oven but may try them in a slower 325° oven for a longer period of time next time we make them.

Published in 1941 in “Nutter House Recipes,” a cookbook put out for the Thomas Billy Aldrich Memorial of recipes supposedly associated with the family that owned the house.

The building was the setting for Aldrich’s hit 1870 novel “The Story of a Bad Boy” that drew from his experiences as a boy living here in the 1840s. The book was the first of the “bad boy” genre in literature. During his lifetime, Aldrich was a household name, but fame is fleeting and he has slipped into obscurity. The house, once an independent house museum, is now owned and maintained by Strawbery Banke Museum.

08/30/2026

Will you accept the challenge?
We are open today (Sunday)
and every Sunday June-October from 1 to 4 pm.

Address

2 Liberty Street
South Berwick, ME
03908

Opening Hours

1pm - 4pm

Telephone

+12073840000

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