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The original museum was established in 1972 as a collection of artifacts in a room of City Hall. [2] The following year, the Jeffersontown and Southeastern Jefferson County Historical Society was formed and became the curators of the museum. The society also worked to obtain artifacts and documents for display.
It was built by David Charles Henry Rothschild in 1868. The house is managed by the Jefferson County Historical Society as a historic house museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970; [2] and is included in Port Townsend Historic District, which was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. [3] [1]
In 1974, Jefferson County purchased the property, [3] marking the first usage of county Open Space funds in the area. The county commissioners asked the Evergreen Mountain Area Historical Society (then the Jefferson County Historical Society) to supply volunteers to provide tours, exhibits and educational programs for the museum, which opened ...
People interested in donating to the cause may send a check, with "Boiler" in the subject line, to Jefferson County Historical Society, 228 Washington St., Watertown, N.Y., 13601.
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (DC News Now) — Jefferson County, in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, experienced tremendous upheaval from the Civil War in and around Charles Town. On Saturday at 11:30 ...
Okanogan County Historical Museum Okanogan: Okanogan: Central: History - Local Operated by the Okanogan County Historical Society [19] Old Molson Museum: Molson: Okanogan Central Open-air Reassembled pioneer town of early 20th-century buildings, includes a bank, assay office, two homestead cabins and farm machinery [22] Olmstead Place State ...
Also located in the district is the restored 1895 Railroad Depot and the Jefferson County Historical Society museum. When the Madison & Indianapolis Railroad was first built in 1835, Madison was far bigger than the new state capital of Indianapolis. The railroad was constructed by Irish laborers. [11]
This list of museums in the U.S. State of Colorado identifies museums (defined for this context as institutions including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.