There is a Future in Exploring the Past
WELCOME
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Now in our 53rd year, Johnsburg Historical Society since August 1973 has been fulfilling its mission to preserve, protect, and promote the history of the Town of Johnsburg!
Our Mission
To preserve the history of the Town of Johnsburg; To promote regional historic education; To promote and encourage historical research; To preserve and protect buildings and sites of historic interest, to collect and preserve records, relics, and other things of historic interest; To mark places of historic interest with suitable monuments and markers; To foster and promote public knowledge of and interest in local and national history. The Johnsburg History Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3). Donations are tax exempt to the extent allowed by law. JHS is a non-partisan, non-political organization.
MUSEUM OPEN
Friday & Saturday10-4
through September!
"Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton: Albany Girl/American Woman"
A portrayal of one of America's founding mothers through words and song by Eileen Egan Mack accompanied by pianist Michael Clement. Funded in part by Stewart's Shops. We thank them for their support.
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Join the Johnsburg Historical Society as we learn about Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, the wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton. Eileen Egan Mack is a performer from the Albany area who portrays interesting women such as Jeanne Robert Foster and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton.
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The performance will start at 3pm on Sunday, August 23, 2026 at the Waddell House Museum.
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Refreshments will be served. Donations are accepted.
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On September 19, the Johnsburg Historical Society was honored to be awarded an Adirondack Architectural Heritage Award (AARCH) for historic preservation associated with the restoration of the Robert & Electa Waddell House in Wevertown. As
our board members have often commented, the house itself is our most treasured exhibit.
Members of the Johnsburg Historical Society celebrate the significant contributions of Glenn Pearsall, who was instrumental in the purchase of the Waddell House.
Johnsburg Historical Society
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 144, Wevertown, NY 12886
Office Hours: By Appointment Only
Monthly Board Meeting: Second Thursday at 4pm