Emily Oakes Postmaster
This house, currently owned by Pat and Sharon Evans, was used more than once as the Bakersfield Post Office. Seth Oakes served 2 terms (1849-1851 and 1862-1866) followed by his widowed mother, Emily Oakes who was postmaster from 1866-1872. This house was again the site of the Post Office from 1897-1899 when Judge Henry Start owned the property and ...
Cancellation Stamp
BHS is celebrating 200 years of postal service in the Town of Bakersfield with a pictorial postmark designed by Cheryll Irwin, one of our board members. USPS is making the cancellation stamp from this design so that the Bakersfield Post Office can use it for canceling mail from our Post Office starting July 2 during our 4th of July community celebr ...
First Post Office in Bakersfield
This photo is of the building that Stephen Maynard built in 1796 and where his cousin, John Maynard, operated the first Bakersfield Post Office. This building served as the first tavern as well as the Post Office which was located in a corner room of the tavern. Stephen was town clerk which meant his tavern was the town office as was the custom we ...
Issac N. Randall
Issac N. Randall, a Democrat, was the postmaster who served the most terms in between the terms of John Adams Perkins, Nahum Brigham and William Naramore. Randall built his own house as well as a mirror image of his house on the other side of Main St. The Post Office entrance is on the veranda on the north side of the house.
Vermont Post Road #6
This is a map of Vermont Post Roads in 1810. In the upper left corner of the map is Vermont Post Road #6. Our Town Rd. #1 today is called the Boston Post Road which continues from Rte. 108 north to Enosburg Center and Berkshire. The families of the first three settlers, Baker, Maynard and Brigham, all came from Worcester Co. to the west of Boston a ...
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The most recent updates have been completed to our database. We currently have over 1800 records in our collection! These records include everything from books, to manuscripts, letters, and newspaper clippings. We have a very large collection of photographs and postcards as well as objects and artifacts related to the day-to-day activities of people
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Events
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On July 7th-Vermont and the Civil War. From Cedar Creek to Gettysburg, Vermonters were central to the Union cause. Vermont author and Civil War historian Howard Coffin addresses the Vermont contribution to the Civil War. Hosted and sponsored by the Bakersfield Historical Society and the Vermont Humanities Council, the talk will be held at the
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March 6th: Town Meeting Luncheon at the Bakersfield Historical Society Building. This event will run from noon until all are served.
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March 25th: Sugar-on-Snow Party from 1-4pm at the Bakersfield Historical Society Building. Come join us for a great time and lots of fun!!
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April 3: 7pm. Annual BHS members’ meeting. Join us for refreshments and discussion. Board and Officer positions will be determined. We are seeking volunteers and suggestions for community activities. Student volunteers may count their time for community service credits. Please offer time and energy, food, materials, or funds.
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Education
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This is a view of the gallery inside the BHS building. This view shows more of the renovation which included removing the 2nd floor. The choir loft or gallery is the only section of the 2nd floor of the academy that the Congregation left.
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A home-school student recreates South Academy with a model that shows the two and one-half floor, 5 bay post and beam structure of the 1840 Greek Revival building. Note the original small-paned windows that were installed between the posts. In the background you can see the long vertical, arched, and
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Bakersfield Historical Society
The building which houses the Bakersfield Historical Society is the towns oldest public building which has always met the needs of our community; in 1840 as the region’s first opportunity for secondary education, secondly as a place of worship for Methodists and a rural Catholic congregation, and presently as a place to preserve and learn
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