
Working on pouring schoolhouse	Eric Iott checking schoolmaster’s desk

For more information on the schoolhouse move, see this month’s newsletter online HERE:

Oxford Historical Society –

Coming in 2019

Sunday, NOVEMBER 17, 2-4 pm: STEVENSON DAM

John Babina returns with fascinating photos, new information and insights into an area landmark and engineering marvel. $5 - general admission, children under 12 free; $3 – members; become a member that day for 2020 and get member admission price. Riverside Fire House, 151 Coppermine Rd., Oxford

Honor an Educator; Move a Schoolhouse

The Oxford Historical Society offers area residents an opportunity to honor an educator, while supporting the preservation of the 1850’s one-room school known as Mr. Munn’s Schoolhouse. Originally built as a private schoolhouse, it was later used by the Oxford's First School District as a “select school,” where advanced students could be prepared for college.

The building, now located at 561 Oxford Road, will be moved to the Historical Society's Twitchell-Rowland Homestead Museum campus at 60 Towner Lane. There the Society will restore and preserve the building to offer children and adults the experience of a day in a one-room schoolhouse.

To support the move, the Society has launched the “Honor an Educator” program. Supporters can make a $5 donation to the preservation program in honor of an educator. In return they will receive a special note card to be sent to the teacher they wish to honor. Donors will also receive an acknowledgement of their tax-deductible gift to the Society.

Forms to “Honor an Educator” may be found HERE on the Society's website or picked up at the Town Clerk's Office. They are also available at the Homestead Museum on the first and third Sundays of each month from 2-4 p.m.

Donations through the Honor an Educator program will enable the development of a hands-on, living history program that will teach today’s students about education in Oxford in the past, and honor the heritage of educators who have helped Oxford’s children become useful members of society. Your support is appreciated.

“Under Our Feet: Our Native American Heritage in Oxford"

New Display of Native American Artifacts by the Oxford Historical Society

The Twitchell-Rowland Homestead’s newest exhibition: “Under Our Feet: Our Native American Heritage in Oxford” will open to the public on Sunday, July 7. The museum is located at 60 Towner Lane, off Route 67 in Oxford. Hours are 2-4 p.m. and admission is free.

The display contains a wide variety of the stone tools found in Oxford’s soil at several locations across the town: West Street, Chestnut Tree Hill Road, Great Hill Road and the banks of the Housatonic River. The artifacts are as diverse as a stone bowl, axe heads and projectile points. Many were found when gardeners turned over the soil for planting .

Also on view are photos and a painting of two trees that had special significance to the indigenous people. One, an elm located near East Street in southern Oxford, marked the boundary between Ancient Woodbury and what is now Seymour. Legends record that the other, an oak near Governor’s Hill on what is now Route 188, was used as a meeting place.

Further information about the exhibit and the museum is available by calling (203) 888-0230.

TWITCHELL-ROWLAND MUSEUM,

60 Towner Lane Oxford

OPEN HOUSE, Free Admission.

1st and 3rd Sunday of Each Month, 2-4 pm