Chester Historical Society
Main Street, Chester, VT 05143

Telephone: 802-875-3767
or 802-875-6211

The society rents the Academy Building from the Town of Chester and displays collections of 19th-century household furnishings, quilts, costumes, agricultural machines, documents, and early typewriters. It also owns the former firehouse in Chester Depot, where there is a small collection of 19th-century fire-fighting equipment.

Contact Person: Christopher Curran, President; Curator: Betsy Wilder

Hours and Admission: Sat and Sun, 2 – 5 p.m. from late June – mid October, and by appointment. Free. Not accessible to the disabled.

Type of Musuem:
Agriculture
Children’s
Civil War
Genealogy
General
Historic School
Historical Society
Library/Archive
National Register of Historic Places

Last updated: 2000