BRIDGEWATER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Elijah Peck House 48 Main Street South (State Highway 133)
Bridgewater, CT 06752
Phone:
(860) 642-6579
Fax: 642-6583
E-mail: museum@historyofLebanon.org
Web site: http://www.historyoflebanon.org/
Contact
#1:
Robert Burden, Secretary
Phone: (860) 354-1897
Contact
#2:
Mary S. Allen
Phone: (203) 354-6507
Access
hours:
Records are available by appointment with restrictions on use.
Access restrictions:
N/A
Reproduction fees:
N/A
Other
provisions:
N/A
Other information:
The Society is currently in the early stages of cataloging the collection, and
not all items are researchable in our collections software.
Collection
Description:The Bridgewater Historical Society records include business papers, maps, photographs, newspaper, family histories and personal papers.
In the Peck House, displays include rooms with period Victorian furnishings and exhibits depicting the social and cultural history of Bridgewater. The Society also maintains the Captain's House, circa 1851, with displays of post office and general store collections. This house was the childhood home of Captain William Dickson Burnham.
Keywords: Maritime history
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