LHS Programing 2020-2021
- The “Granite Kiss”: A History of Stone Wall and Stone Wall Building in New England
- Lancaster’s Thayer Family Series
- Freedom’s Way Hidden Treasures Program – Featuring New Historical Sign and the Twenty-Two Sites of the Early Lancaster Settlement Self-Guided Tour Map
The “Granite Kiss”: A History of Stone Wall and Stone Wall Building in New England
On Sunday, October 17, 2021, the Lancaster Historical Society hosted a program featuring Kevin Gardner who is an expert on New England stone walls which are very much a part of our regional landscape. They’ re everywhere!
 Written in 2003 |  Kevin Gardner |  Written in 2007 |
To view a recorded video of the “Granite Kiss”
presentation CLICK HERE.
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Lancaster’s Thayer Family Series
A 6-Part Video Series on the History of the Thayer Family in Lancaster
Originally broadcast on Sterling-Lancaster Community TV (SLCT)
Comcast Channel 8 now viewable here.
Presented by Heather Lennon
| Part 1 | The Founder & the Fortune-Makers – VIEW |
| Part 2 | Nat Thayer III Family & “The Homestead” – VIEW |
| Part 3 | The “Red House” on the Hill – VIEW |
| Part 4 | The Two Evrt’s “Fairlawn” & “Crownledge” – VIEW |
| Part 5 | John E. Thayer II Family & the JET Estate – VIEW |
| Part 6 | Bayard Thayer Family & “Hawthorn Hill” – VIEW |
Freedom’s Way Hidden Treasures Program
Featuring New Historical Sign and the Twenty-Two Sites of the Early Lancaster Settlement Self-Guided Tour Map
The Lancaster Historical Society was fortunate to be awarded grant money from the Freedom’s Way Heritage Area and the Massachusetts Cultural Council to be used to fabricate and install a new sign to identify a significant site of the town’s early settlement.
We held a program that featured the unveiling of a new sign designating the location of Lancaster’s first two meeting houses. Where sign fabricators Mary and Allan Zoll, unveiled the sign identifying this significant site.
The program also included the release and distribution of our new self-guided tour map of Twenty-Two sites of the Early Lancaster Settlement. Click here to review the map, find out how to get a hardcopy, or to download.
