Windham Preservation Inc.

06/02/2026

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYONE! WPI recognizes and supports our LGBTQIA board members, members, supporters and friends.

06/01/2026

As a group of devoted dog lovers and pet parents, we feel this.

05/25/2026

05/20/2026

☀️☁️🌨JOIN US RAIN OR SHINE! In the event of rain, the events will be moved indoors to the Windham Congregational Church.☀️☁️🌨

Step back in time with an afternoon of stories, history, and connection. 🇺🇸✨

Join us on May 24th for an America 250 Fireside Chat & Storytelling Workshop with professional storyteller Carolyn Stearns.

📍 Windham Inn Backyard – 1 PM
Hear tales of brave deeds and historic personalities inspired by the rich history of the Windham Inn and early American travelers.

📍 Congregational Church – 2:15 PM
“My Roots Are Showing: Collecting and Telling Historical Family Stories”
Discover how to uncover, craft, and share your own family stories in this interactive workshop.

Carolyn Stearns has been a professional storyteller for over 18 years and brings Connecticut history to life through engaging storytelling and conversation.

Limited outdoor seating available. Parking available at the Inn and around the green, with overflow parking at St. Paul’s and Windham Center School.

Learn more at:
windhampreservationinc.org

05/16/2026

From our friends at Cirrus Engineering-

WITNESSING THE REVOLUTION
🇺🇸 Mobilization & Shock
🇺🇸 Reuben Brown House (c. 1720-25 – Concord, MA)

British troops advancing from Lexington and colonial militia assembling in response moved through the landscape surrounding this house on April 19, 1775 — the day the Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Located along the Monument Square–Lexington Road corridor, the property stood within the active routes of movement, coordination and engagement as the opening conflict of the Revolution unfolded.

Today, the house still preserves its relationship to the roads and spaces through which the first organized resistance was carried out.

What the building reveals:
The earliest moments of the Revolution depended on local roads, communication networks, and rapid community mobilization embedded within the everyday landscape.

Fast facts:
📜 The house is a center-chimney, heavy timber-frame using hand-hewn posts and beams joined with mortise-and-tenon construction.
📜 Its hall-and-parlor arrangement reflects early 18th-century domestic planning organized around a central chimney core.
📜 On April 19, 1775, militia under Colonel James Barrett advanced toward the North Bridge in Concord, where colonial forces forced the British retreat.
📜 The property is associated with early Concord families connected to militia leadership, civic organization and local landholding traditions.

Still standing. Still telling the story.



Image courtesy of Redfin

05/16/2026

Proud to work with Cirrus Engineering to save our built history

WITNESSING THE REVOLUTION
🇺🇸 The Revolutionary War in Southern New England. 🇺🇸

Across southern New England, buildings from the Revolutionary era still remain embedded within the modern landscape.

Homes, farms, courthouses and coastal communities that once supported mobilization, governance, agriculture, maritime trade and daily life during the Revolution continue to tell those stories today.

Over the coming weeks, we’ll explore these places through the structures that witnessed them — and what those buildings still reveal about how communities lived through war.

Still standing. Still telling the story.

05/13/2026

MAY IS PRESERVATION MONTH. Let's save our built history from demolition by neglect. What if a strong blight ordnance and a Historic District Commission could protect and elevate property values while providing a potential municipal income stream?