Preserving and sharing the history of Southwest Harbor, Manset and Seawall
Monthly Board Meeting
The Southwest Harbor Historical Society Board of Directors meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 4:30pm at the Manset Meetinghouse.
The next board meeting is scheduled for May 13.
These meetings are open to the public.
Summer 2025 Program Schedule
All programs will be held in the museum at Manset Meetinghouse.
Saturday June 21 at 4 PM
Historic Cemeteries
of Southwest Harbor
presented by Southwest Harbor volunteer group
Saturday July 26 at 5 PM
History of Maine Granite
presented by Steve Haynes
Wednesday August 20 at 5PM
Memories of Growing Up
in Manset/Southwest Harbor
Saturday September 6 at 4 PM
Willis “Bill” Ballard’s
Journey to Southwest Harbor
presented by Rob Michael,
Ballard’s grandson
What’s New on the Website
An Oral History with Rod Lucas
Recorded by Anne Welles, Summer 2023
Rod was the easiest person to interview. Once I introduced him, he spoke without prompting for multiple sessions. He would sit in his living room in his rocker, close his eyes and start talking in such detail I felt like he was watching his life story unfold in his mind….
Click here to listen and view additional photographs.
Rod Lucas
Chalet-du-Grand-Pre
Photos courtesy of Southwest Harbor Public Library Digital Archive
What’s New at the Manset Meetinghouse
We have been doing a lot of sorting of items within the society, along with cleaning up the storage area and updating collection files. We had some electrical work done and added new lighting to brighten up the museum. We will have more spot lights, highlighting certain displays. We hope to do some painting and displaying items in our common area. We also added one wall of prints (pictured here) from local artist, Christine Gilley.