Photo gallery
There are two sections of our photo gallery: ongoing renovations of our new home, and historic photos of Strafford’s people, places and events that shape Strafford's past and present,
Masonic Hall building renovations
Thanks to our donors we are back working again!
Fresh paint on our entrance painted by Frank Brown
New hardwood floor installed by Genuine Wood Floors.
new plaster board installed on interior walls
Our new home: the Masonic Hall in South Strafford
drywall installed and interior space taking shape
Handicapped access across VT-132 to our new home is complete!
plaster board installed on interior walls
carpenters have been busy all winter addressing issues with the building structure and interior walls.
Our new clean, dry clean basement
Site work
"Old" basement, cleaned up before renovation
A new porch floor
Framing of main floor
Basement ready for cement
Exhibit space to be
New floor going in
Floor support in place
Moving right along
New central supports
Hard at work
New ceiling and sub-floor
Almost time for a new dumpster
New foundation
Completed roof: November, 2021
Roof work done to strengthen and insulate it
Blake Spencer getting our roof setup
Strafford’s history in pictures
A picture is worth 1000 words
Browse these images of Strafford’s people, places and events that shape Strafford's past and present. You can click many of the photos to go to a blog that tells a memorable story.
William Sloane Coffin Jr. - photo by Jon Gilbert Fox
Camp Ken-Jocketee - 1920s
Justin Morrill
The Morrill Homestead - Vermont's First National Historic Landmark
Hatch Bedstead Factory
Strafford Creamery, later Prescott residence
Dublin Corner
Huntington Farm 2023
The Perkins’ Huntington Farm
A Vermont woman, Clarina Irene Howard Nichols, edited anti-slavery newspapers, and others spoke against slavery.
Sonya Schumacher’s Speech at Village Meetup —June 6, 2023
Huntington Farm, 1966
Brickstore Upper Village
Harlow Lent - photo by Joe Mehling
Gile Kendall and His Four Horse Drawn Snow Plow
One of Strafford's seven snow rollers in action
Stephanie and Bob Johnston
Rosa Tyson
Buena Vista rope tow
A modern, more legible facsimile of the Pennock family tombstone now stands in Old City Cemetery.
Justin Smith Morrill postage stamp issued in 1999
Elizabeth Mine Site: Interpretation and Preservation
The sounding board at the Strafford Town House
Strafford Town House (Strafford Meetinghouse)
Town Clerk Office, Original Library