Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND CONNECT THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA TO THEIR HERITAGE THROUGH PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EXHIBITS, PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH AND TO COLLECT, PRESERVE AND DOCUMENT THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF WESTPORT, MASSACHUSETTS. THE ORGANIZATION OWNS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF THE BELL SCHOOL HOUSE AND HANDY HOUSE LOCATED IN WESTPORT.
EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS: THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PUBLICATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF AREA RESIDENTS AND ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE AREA AND ITS ARTIFACTS.
THE SOCIETY, WITH COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUNDING, BECAME OWNERS OF THE CADMAN-WHITE-HANDY HOUSE (HANDY HOUSE) A PROPERTY REGISTERED WITH THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. THIS PROPERTY HAS A PRESERVATION RESTRICTION ON THE BUILDING AND 2.2 ACRES OF THE PROPERTY. IN ADDITION THERE IS A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF WESTPORT AND THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THE PROPERTY WILL BE MAINTAINED AND PRESERVED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. IT IS ALSO SUBJECT TO A RIGHT-OF-FIRST-REFUSAL BY THE TOWN OF WESTPORT WITH NO PAYMENT REQUIRED.
BELL SCHOOLHOUSE: BELL SCHOOL CA. 1841 WAS SO NAMED BECAUSE OF A BELL IN ITS TOWER. THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE SCHOOL WAS SANDY HILL ACADEMY. IN THE EARLY 1900S BELL SCHOOL WAS RENAMED ALUMNI HALL WITH A LIBRARY ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND A COMMUNITY HALL ON THE FIRST FLOOR. DURING THE WESTPORT FAIR AND CATTLE SHOW HELD AT THE HEAD FROM 1911-1930, BELL SCHOOL WAS USED AS AN AGRICULTURAL HALL FOR FAIR EXHIBITS. THE WESTPORT FAIR AND CATTLE SHOW WAS THE FORERUNNER OF THE PRESENT WESTPORT AGRICULTURAL FAIR. PRESENTLY THE BELL SCHOOL IS THE HOME OF THE WESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THIS PROPERTY WAS DEEDED TO THE ORGANIZATION SUBJECT TO COVENANTS TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR ANTIQUARIAN AND/OR HISTORICAL PURPOSES AND TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY AND ITS BELFRY WITHIN SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS. BELL SCHOOL CANNOT BE SOLD BUT MUST BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT CHARGE TO ANOTHER HISTORICAL OR ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jenny O'Neill | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $54,037 |
| Tony Connors Deceased 9-19-2019 | PAST PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Charles Baron | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Yvonne Barr | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Emily Hoeffel | SECOND VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth White | CLERK | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Raposa | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Sean Leach | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Howard Gifford | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ed Howe | PAST MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Libby Baylies | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Charles Appleton | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
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