Meredith Historical Society has not undertaken a membership drive since 2006. Our membership has declined from 126 members in 2006 to about 80 now due primarily to members moving away or deaths. To bolster our membership, we recently sent out invitations to 300 local residents to join our historical society. You may have received one. [...]
A New York State Historical Marker was installed in September 2022 commemorating the former Presbyterian Church which was built in 1895 on the site of an earlier Baptist Church.
Colorful trading cards were popular and collected by the public during the late 1800s. They were distributed by businesses of every kind and often inserted into product packaging as a prize or bonus. Color printing was still very much a novelty, and the cards were valued for their radiant images; however, they went out [...]
Meredith Historical Society has received funds from the Bert Santora Charitable Trust to begin restoration work in Meredith Square Cemetery this summer. Most of the headstones in this historic cemetery have fallen over or are in the process of doing so. Our goal is to reset approximately 50 stones per year.