The Montague Historical Society represents all five villages in Montague. The Society is housed in the Montague Grange hall on the common in Montague Center.

Our goal is to archive local history, including family histories and photos, schools, historic buildings photos and much more. The space is for research. We do not have open hours, but would be delighted to show you our renovated space on the second floor of the Grange hall.

We often get requests for information from this web site and help as much as we can. The Society is all volunteer with an executive board. We offer membership to anyone who loves history and desires to  help preserve a space to house our collections.

We have one or two meetings a year on a variety of subjects. Fund raising to maintain the archives is ongoing as we have no other source of income other than membership dues ($20) and gifts.

Corkboard Thread Default Subject Denise - Thu, Jan 5, 2012, 7:40 P Turners Falls photos http://imagemuseum.smugmug.com/History Thread Default Subject Smatterknack - Thu, Jan 5, 2012, 4:35 P Turners Falls photos Hello, I'm trying to track down photos of downtown Turners Falls from the 1920s-1960s for a documentary film. If anyone has any or know where some may be found, please let me know. Default Subject Scooter - Tue, Oct 11, 2011, 6:17 P Montague Historical Society Annual meeting The annual meeting of the Montague Historical Society will be Monday Oct.17th at 7.P. at the meeting room of the Safety Complex by the fire station on the corner of Turners Falls and Turnpike Rd. Our ... (More...) Thread Default Subject raven - Fri, Jun 3, 2011, 8:33 A Clapp House i am interested in photographing this homestead to preserve it for future reference does anyone ever come up to the property at all i could trade pics taken for use in real estate sale also Thread Default Subject kmcintosh - Sun, Apr 17, 2011, 11:02 A Clapp House The Clapp house on route 63 is for sale with a 5 acre lot - including the pond. Is there anyone interested in purchasing the house to renovate - not demolish. Default Subject DonOgden - Sun, Apr 17, 2011, 10:07 A Moses Harvey house? Does anyone know if the home of Moses Harvey (1723-1795) still stands? He was a state legislator and active in Shays' Rebellion http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/shaysapp/person.do?shortName=moses_harv... (More...) Thread Default Subject MikeNaughton - Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 7:48 P Montague City oops! I mean Montague Historical Society ... Thread Default Subject MikeNaughton - Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 7:45 P Montague City You may already be aware of this, but there is a Montague Historical Commission that may have some information. Also, there was a Masonic lodge there for many years, before it got consolidated with th... (More...) Thread Default Subject raven - Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 3:46 P Montague City Hi I am interested in any unpublished pictures or history of Montague City. I feel that it is not as well known as the other villages. One day i went out to photograph the area and realized I have bee... (More...) Thread Default Subject Aster - Mon, Nov 22, 2010, 6:58 A Potter information Thank you for the information. Sorry for the late response. How shall I contact the historian to find out the Potter family and house information? THANK YOU! Thread Default Subject Scooter - Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 11:31 A Potter information The historian for the Montague Historical Society has written up a report on the Potter house, owners and cemetery for the individual who has requested this. Please respond in the Montague Historical... (More...) Thread Default Subject kutter - Sun, Nov 7, 2010, 2:58 P Potter Family in Montague If it's a small cemetery on Greenfield Road north of Swamp Road, the few folks who were interned there are now buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, across the street from Rau's Sunoco. Thread Default Subject Aster - Sun, Nov 7, 2010, 6:35 A Potter Family in Montague I have recently purchased a house in Montague Center area that was built in 1865. On the old Montague map that is sold at the Bookmill it has the name Potter on it. From what I can tell in reading the... (More...) Default Subject Scooter - Tue, Oct 5, 2010, 10:53 A Montague Historical Society annual meeting and exhibit The Montague Historical Society Annual Meeting , Open house and exhibit will take place on Sunday October 24th at the Grange in Montague Center. Annual meeting from 1:30 to 2 and open house and exhibi... (More...) Default Subject BradCouncilman - Sat, Sep 6, 2008, 12:46 P Attn: Montague Billings family descendants In old family photos found portraits of George Billings (1896) and Henry Billings (1897). Hate to toss them if an interested descendent can be found. Happy to mail them. Thread Default Subject mik - Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 11:05 A ancestry question More on "Maynard" http://www.PublicationArchive.com/search.cfm?searchterm=Maynard Thread Default Subject mik - Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 9:18 A ancestry question You can also look at the Publication Archive: http://www.publicationarchive.com/search.cfm?searchterm=Dugan Thread Default Subject stash - Mon, Sep 17, 2007, 5:14 A Martin Grout and Old Pictures I have a Rand atlas only about 10 yrs old and the cover has a map with Millers Falls called Grout’s Corner. I’ve heard from a couple old timers that the towwn was originaly in the area of ... (More...) Thread Default Subject lithium - Sun, Sep 16, 2007, 9:21 P Martin Grout and Old Pictures A couple of questions: Where was Martin Grout’s first house built? I can’t find the location on-line. What is repeated is "its location at the juncture of major railroads and a... (More...) Default Subject mik - Thu, Jun 21, 2007, 8:37 A Historical Society Meeting Tonight, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM MONTAGUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWS The Montague Historical Society, incorporated in 1969, has been collecting, preserving and displaying items showing the pattern of li... (More...)