Cape Elizabeth Historic Preservation Society

Society display case Records Preservation Room Bound volumes of Cape Elizabeth records

 

The Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation Society was established in November 1986 by the late Dr. Constance Murray, Ph.D., a local preservationist and retired teacher from the Lexington Public School System (Mass.). Dr. Murray was born and raised in Cape Elizabeth and retained a love for the community and its history even as she moved across the country pursuing her education and teaching career. Returning to Cape Elizabeth following her retirement in the late 1970s, she began to form a local organization composed of concerned citizens dedicated to locating, researching and preserving local items of historic value.

With the help of the town’s Board of Historic Preservation Advisers, the town provided space in the basement of the Thomas Memorial Library to preserve and display old town records, maps, photographs, family collections, and historic letters. Volunteers meet weekly each Thursday morning from 9 a.m. to noon to identify, collect, and preserve items of local historic significance.

The public is welcome to visit to conduct personal research into areas of personal interest. The CEHPS presents monthly programs of historical interest on a wide variety of subjects on the first Monday of the month from November through April each year.

Programs for the 2008-2009 year are currently being planned. The first program on October 6th will be an open house with samples of our historic collections on display. Programs begin at 7:30 p.m., are open free to the general public, and include refreshments.

Officers

President: K. Scott Berry
Vice President: Norman Jordan
Recording Secretary: Lois Morrill
Corresponding Secretary: Elizabeth Peterson
Treasurer: Wayne Brooking