The mission of the Appleton Historical Society is to ensure the preservation of Appleton’s 1848 Union Meetinghouse, so that it is available to Appleton’s townspeople for gatherings, ceremonies and arts and cultural events. AHS will continue to collect the history of Appleton — from its early years and early settlers onward — as well as artifacts, town records, and school information, providing a place to keep such records and documents, and make them available for research.
Mission Statement
Appleton Meeting House, before removal of the spire, May 31, 2014
AHS Benefit Auction, September 1, 2016
Lunch break for the volunteer wiring crew, 5-24-25
Appleton Village School Graduation in the Meeting House, Spring 2016
Fundraising thermometer updated 6-6-25
Spire on the ground, thermometer updated 11-9-2025
Fundraising thermometer updated, 1-8-26. All funds have been received. There are no unpaid pledges.
Old chandelier, before re-wiring, 11-29-24. Originally a kerosene lamp (or possibly whale oil)
Timber frame in the attic, August 5, 2014
Dizzying heights: looking up at the platform beneath the spire, August 5, 2014
Albert Fuller, training a team of young oxen on what appears to be Appleton Ridge Road, date unknown
The other side of the steeple
Looking toward the Meeting House balcony, home of the Appleton Library from October 24, 1950, until December 22, 1968, when it re-opened in the former Appleton Grange hall, just across the river, above the bridge.
Back of Appleton Day T-Shirt, 2015
Appleton Day, 2015, Organized & Presented by Appleton Historical Society at Deerfoot Farm
Appleton Day Poster, 2015
McLain’s Mills district, or "settlement" of Appleton, c. 1850. The current Appleton Library now stands behind where the sawmill shed was, atop the east bank of the St. George River. Pine trees on ridge were just below Pine Grove Cemetery. The spire of the Meeting House shows above the ridge line.
Team of oxen across from the sawmill at the foot of Sennebec Road. Appleton Meeting House visible up the hill. Current library is behind and below logs on right.
The Whitney Farm, probably between 1890 and 1910
Appleton High School Varsity Basketball Shirt from the mid-1960s.
Carton upon carton of historian and genealogist Royce Miller II's Appleton Archives, awaiting accessioning.
Flat files containing maps and documents. Atop the flat file is a Hitchcock-style chair, painted by well known Appleton painter, Uriah Dyer.