Sangerville Historical Society

Sangerville Historical Society Sangerville, Maine Historical Society. Summer Hour on Tuesdays 1 PM to 3 PM. Free Admission.

03/28/2026

The Sangerville Town Office will be selling the limited Sangerville Historical Society history books starting Monday, March 30. The books are $30. If you reserved one please tell the clerk.

04/29/2025

We need help identifying the oldest person in town, one who is still living in Sangerville. We know of one who is 93 years young, any older? Thank you for your help!

Does anyone know of Damon Hall, a former resident of Sangerville? Please let us know if you do! We have acquired, throug...
04/03/2025

Does anyone know of Damon Hall, a former resident of Sangerville? Please let us know if you do! We have acquired, through the generosity of John Shattuck of Newcastle, an interview with Damon completed in 1996 when Damon was ninety-seven years old. We'd love to get a copy of the interview (and an mp3 recording of the interview) to Damon's descendants.
The interview gives a great first-person viewpoint of life in Sangerville in the early 1900s, as well as Damon's memories of his role in World War I. Damon's everyday memories, interspersed with his"salty" language, makes one smile while reading his recollections. We will have a copy of the interview for people to read when visiting the museum. In the meantime, enjoy this excerpt:

" Interviewer: After you left school, what did you do?

Hall: Well, the first year I got out of school I went into the wood lot and cut 10 cord of wood with an axe.

Interviewer: By yourself?

Hall: Alone. I had a one-man cross cutter. I cut a yellow birch. It was about 3-foot through on the stump, and with that one man cross cutter it would take me 20 minutes just to cut off one piece.

Interviewer: How long did it take you to cut the 10 cords?

Hall: Oh God I don’t know; all Fall. And I got the old horse out, hauled it up. Piled it up from the maple tree to the well house. When it got straightened out, got the buck saw out and sawed it up, split it, and after to plowing got done dried it out and wheeled it up to the shed.

Interviewer: When you cut and split 10 cords of wood that was just for your family.

Hall: Oh yah.

Interviewer: How long would that last you?

Hall: Oh, I guess a year or two.

03/18/2025

Do any former Abbie Fowler School pupils recall the year the time capsule was buried and the location on the town hall property? We think it was during the 175th anniversary and recall that Margaret Templet was principal. Thank you for your help.

Diana Rees's birthday party across from Mill Street in 1950s. From left: Brenda Herring, ? Roxanne Moore, Diana Rees. Mi...
05/09/2024

Diana Rees's birthday party across from Mill Street in 1950s. From left: Brenda Herring, ? Roxanne Moore, Diana Rees. Middle row from left: Sherry Kimball, Skippy Moulton, and Stephen Grant. Back row, from left: Nancy Ronco, Linda Smith and Dottie Harrington.

We finally have the correct names in this photo for Roxanne Moore’s birthday party on Main Street, in 1952. From left: ...
05/09/2024

We finally have the correct names in this photo for Roxanne Moore’s birthday party on Main Street, in 1952. From left: Diana Rees, (Bowley) , Christine Rollins (McKenney), Linda Goodreau (Beagle), Linda Edgerly (Weston), Brenda Herring (Ronco) and Roxanne Moore (Saucier).

Abbie Fowler School Grade 1, 2001-2002, Darlene Patten, teacher.
05/09/2024

Abbie Fowler School Grade 1, 2001-2002, Darlene Patten, teacher.

Another gem from Suzanne Zimmerman Fortier, the class of 1921 Sangerville High School. Front row from left: Ella Harmon ...
03/17/2024

Another gem from Suzanne Zimmerman Fortier, the class of 1921 Sangerville High School. Front row from left: Ella Harmon and Bonnie Florence Stone. Second row from left: Inez Martin, Cecil Palmer, Doran Nuite and Ethel Davis Folsom. Back row, from left: Pauline Waugh, Eva Folsom, Robert Waugh, Teacher Maurice Jackson, and Teacher Jesse Freeman. We give our thanks to Suzanne for the donation.

A big thank you to Suzanne Zimmerman Fortier for the donation of her Aunt Inez Martin's "A Teacher's Memory" book from ...
03/17/2024

A big thank you to Suzanne Zimmerman Fortier for the donation of her Aunt Inez Martin's "A Teacher's Memory" book from 1956-57 of Sangerville Elementary School pupils. The following five panels of photos are those from the book.

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Sangerville, ME
04479

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