Center Meeting House

I was born in 1939, so things from that year always intrigue me!  Here is a card from a person who documents several trips through Newbury in August of that year.

It was in 1932 that the former owners of the pews in the Center Meeting House decided that they would cede their ownership rights to a Board of Trustees who took over the stewardship of the building and continued to do so until 2005. The Newbury Historical Society has copies of some of those old deeds that probably had been purchased in 1832 for the princely sum of $50, at that time quite a sizable amount.

The card seems to feature the meetinghouse, which is right near the center of the picture, and looks like it might have had a fresh coat of paint around that time.  The writer didn't seem inclined to mention Newbury or the CMH in her writing.

I have added a picture taken from the Eagle's Nest on Sept. 5, 2010 to give some idea of how many more trees there are now than there were in 1939.  I believe the 1939 picture was taken from a higher elevation.  Looks like we have gotten some things right after all!