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PHOTO: Fuller House, home to the Kennebec Historical Society. (Scott Wood photo)
AUGUSTA — The Kennebec Historical Society is once again open for walk-in research.
The Henry Weld Fuller Jr. House, 107 Winthrop St., the KHS headquarters, was previously only open by appointment, but now will allow visitors to research its Kennebec County collections and get a brief tour of the building.
The archive at the Fuller House is climate-controlled and recognized by the state of Maine as an alternative repository for government records. The society collects documents, photographs, manuscripts, books, ephemera, maps and scrapbooks related to all Kennebec County communities and their history. Over the years, KHS has accumulated unique personal holdings that cannot be found anywhere else.
Visitors include mostly the residents and former residents of Kennebec County’s 30 municipalities who are interested in local or Maine history, people researching the history of their homes or families and students doing research for high school or college assignments. Additionally, the society answers email requests from all over the United States for genealogical and historical information.
The historical society is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Researchers can also still schedule appointments if they can’t come during normal operating hours.
Researchers are welcome to wear a mask, but it is no longer required. KHS also encourages anyone to stay home if they are sick or have COVID-19 symptoms, such as a fever, sore throat, chills, cough, shortness of breath, congestion, nausea, or vomiting.
For information, call Scott Wood, executive director, at 207-622-7718 or email at kennhis1891@gmail.com.
