Projects

Campbell Falls Bridge

The Historical Society will spearhead restoration of the Campbell Falls Bridge. Our goal is to raise $200,000 through a capital campaign. These funds will cover the cost of obtaining all necessary permits, including, due to proximity to the Whiting River, one from the Department of Environmental Protection; strengthening the Bridge’s foundation; and replacing stones and missing mortar. The Historical Society will also work with the Highway Department to approve contractors, who will be selected, as required by law, through competitive bidding.

Cemeteries Restoration

New Marlborough has 11 historic cemeteries. The oldest cemetery is in New Marlborough Village with the earliest gravestone dating to 1755. This remarkable cemetery is located on two hills on New Marlborough Branch Road, on land donated to the town by the first Reverend of the New Marlborough Meeting Congregational Church (The Meeting House) in 1776. Visit our cemetery restoration page.

Digital Preservation

The New Marlborough Historical Society, the non profit organization dedicated to the preservation of New Marlborough History and to the dissemination of historical information, has begun a project to inventory and digitize its large collection of New Marlborough artifacts, photographs and documents. Under the expert guidance of the professional archivists and society volunteers Rachel Weingeist and  Jeff Wallman, artifacts and documents will be inventoried and then digitized so that their images and descriptions will be available online on the New Marlborough Historical Society website (https://nmhistoricalsociety.org) for everyone to see. Each month we will share one of these fascinating historical artifacts as well as invite the public to submit their New Marlborough Historical materials they may have in their house or families. Visit our digital preservation page.