Quaboag Historical Society

Link for:  Quaboag Plantation 350th website

Celebration 2010:  Plans for the upcoming 350th celebration are progressing at a rapid pace. Bunting for all 6 Town Halls have been purchased and signs have been ordered.  A new logo has been designed and will be on T-shirts and caps and other memorabilia. There is still plenty of opportunity to participate in the planning and in the events of the Celebration. Contact Bill Jankins or your town Society Board Member with your ideas and/or questions. (Society members listed below)

Historical museum is open:  The Quaboag Historical Museum on Front Street in West Brookfield is open to the public from 11:00 a.m.. to 2:00 p.m. the first and third Saturdays of each month, and from 1-4 p.m. the second and fourth Sundays of each month. Admission is free. Special visitations are available by appointment, call (508) 867-5428.

The collections reflect the history of the Quaboag Plantation from early Indian settlements through the early 20th century.

The Quaboag Historical Society is a regional group covering the Brookfield's, Warren and New Braintree, parts or all of these modern towns once having been in the ancient Quaboag Plantation, granted in 1660, and comprising an area of sixty-four square miles.

The Society was constituted at a meeting in North Brookfield on January 9, 1895, and formally incorporated under then Chapter 115 of the Massachusetts Public Statutes, March 22 of that year.

The original and current purpose of the society is to locate and identify all the points of historical interest with the original plantation that should be preserved for future generations. The Society maintains a collection of artifacts and documents pertinent to the history of the Quaboag Plantation area.

Membership in the society and inclusion on its mailing list may be obtained by writing:

Quaboag Historical Society
P.O. Box 635
West Brookfield, MA 01585

Annual Dues are: $5.00 individual and $10.00 family

The Quaboag Historical Society, Est. 1895

A Second Century of Commitment to Historical Preservation Within the Quaboag Plantation

 The Annual Meeting Luncheon was held on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at Salem Cross Inn in West Brookfield. The Welcome and Society Updates were given by Amy Dugas and Bill Jankins.

Presentation of the Lucy Stone annual awards by Senator Stephen M. Brewer and Representative Anne M. Gobi were given to Armand Dimo from Warren and Bob Wilder from Brookfield. 

The Jane L. & Irving England Award was presented to Theresa Lupucchino from West Brookfield.

Program speaker was Joseph Craig of New Braintree.  His topic was "Collecting Local Native American Artifacts".

The Quaboag Historical Society Officers - 2007

Co-Presidents:  Amy Dugas, West Brookfield and William Jankins, West Brookfield

Treasurer: Wilfred A. Steadman, Brookfield

Secretaries:  Linda Pelletier, West Brookfield & Marguerite Geis, Warren

Vice-presidents:  Brookfield, Barbara Steadman & Donald Roberts

Vice-presidents:  New Braintree, Cynthia Dennison & Deborah Morrison

Vice-presidents:  East Brookfield, Betty Brennan & Ruth McNeaney

Vice-president:  Warren, Ursula Wright

Vice-president:  North Brookfield, Kirk Burnham

Vice-president:  West Brookfield, Beverly Kenniston

Copyright © 2001 West Brookfield Historical Commission
Last Modified: 11/13/2007