Fourth of July parade, 1928 Old Canterbury/Plainfield bridge in winter, c.1920 Canterbury Green looking to the northeast, c.1950 Setting the Rochambeau Memorial March marker, May 2006 The Willoughby house at the intersection of Routes 14 & 169, c.1930 Walter Papuga at his Westminster Hill Store, c.1960 Preserving the Cleaveland Cemetery gate, 1976 The Asa Bacon Homestead, c.1900 Recess at the Green School, c. early 1900s Carpenter's hoops ready for delivery, c.1920s Calvary Chapel, c.1940s Butts Bridge under construction, 1936 Near Old RT 14 Quinebaug Bridge, c.1912 Arthur Bennett's sawmill, c.1920 Charles Barstow with buggy, c. early 1900s John Warner Barber print of Canterbury Green, 1835 Jonathan Wheeler House -- built 1760 Dr. Helen Baldwin & family, c.1945 The Flood of August 1955
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ABOUT US
 
The Canterbury Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Membership is open to everyone interested in the organization's objectives and willing to uphold its policies and subscribe to its bylaws, without regard to race, color, creed, sex, sexual preference or orientation, disability, or national origin.
 

Membership dues are:

  • Annual: $7.50 per person
  • Lifetime: $100 per person
 
Click here for a membership form.
 

Current members of the Board of Directors are:

  • Amy Orlomoski, President
  • Carolyn Noiseux, Vice President
  • William Kivic, Treasurer
  • Ellen Wilson, Corresponding Secretary
  • Judy Moffitt, Recording Secretary
  • Jackie Desrochers, Program Chairperson
  • Judy Moffitt, Curator
  • Eleanor Orlomoski, Member At Large
  • Ray Moffitt, Member At Large
 

The society meets monthly. You do not have to be a member to attend our regular monthly meetings, which are free and open to the public, and—following the business meeting—feature a speaker and refreshments. If you are not already a member, or if in the area and not attending meetings, we hope you will check us out.

Click for a list of upcoming meetings and events, here for a PDF copy of a report of our activities, here for a PDF of the current bylaws, and here for a PDF of our collection policy .

Please note the Canterbury Historical Society does not offer genealogical research services, but the nearby Killingly Historical Society, in Killingly, Connecticut, does. See http://www.killinglyhistory.org/.
 
 

 
Cliff Williams with saw rig, c.1920s The Prudence Crandall House, c. early 1900s First Congregational Church, December 1963 First Congregational Church fire, December 1963 Ford (Fort) Ned remains, 2002 Frink & Wright Store, c.1930 Canterbury Grange, c. 1920s Teacher Happie K. Tracy, c. 1950s Fly rod maker Hiram Hawes, c. 1920s Henry Larkham & friend, c. 1900s Canterbury Plains, c. early 1900s Statue of Moses Cleaveland in Cleveland, Ohio Bennett's skunk farm on Graff Road, c.1920s

 

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