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Published: 6/3/2021 12:08:39 PM
On Sunday, June 6 from 4 to 6 p.m., the Old Meeting House of Francestown, the Francestown Heritage Museum and the Beehive Museum of the Francestown Improvement & Historical Society will join together to showcase the town’s history in a free event.
“Frances town” (the original spelling) was named in 1772 by Governor John Wentworth. The name honored Frances Deering, his beloved new wife. Subsequently the town experienced several expansions and declines but to this day remains a quiet, rural and quintessential New England town.
The tour starts at the Old Meeting House where free self-guided tour booklets are available. Visitors will then step out into the town common with its stately Town Hall (the old Francestown Academy), its horse sheds, Fairbanks scales, and its Heritage and Beehive museums (the Beehive was the dormitory for the Academy). Both museums will be open from 4 to 6 p.m. Take a look at the town’s historic treasures, then walk up