Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Vaughan Woods & Historic Homestead of Hallowell, Maine is a non-profit nature preserve and non-traditional house museum that seeks to connect people to place through nature, history and the arts.
Documenting the Present In Honor of the Past
1st: Prepped our ice field on Cascade Pond for school program where students learn about ice harvesting . A beautiful day, but the ice was
15th: Sign of spring despite frigid temps – pileated woodpecker making a nesting cavity! Read More House Diary Blog Posts
8th: Fresh snow! 19th: A cold and icy start to the new year, but lots of progress on projects in the house. Laundry room cleaned
1st: Trench for waterline out to the shop being dug in the freezing rain! First icy driveway of the season. Music room being prepped for
1st: Heavy rains over Halloween weekend – Brook Trail was flooded and a LOT of water was coming over the dam. Sink hole on straight
26th: The property crew worked all afternoon to place contractor bags stuffed with insulation through the fireplaces and up into the chimneys to prevent heat
Fall 2021 newsletter is now available! VWHH’s newsletter comes out twice per year. Get a peek into the archives, view our annual report, find out
The distinctive cadence of the timeworn motor on VWHH’s cider mill sounds like fall to us! The late 19th/early 20th century Ames Plow Company double
Visit historichallowell.org to see curator Ron Kley discuss Vaughan Homestead’s connection to the Maine State Seal and historian Earle Shettleworth talk about Hallowell’s bid to
In partnership with the Harlow Gallery and in honor of Maine’s Bicentennial in 2020, Vaughan Woods & Historic Homestead invited Maine artists to submit proposals
