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The Gilead Room at Yale

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Yale University Art Gallery

This magnificent room was created in Gilead nearly 250 years ago.  After about 80 years in storage since its removal from the house at 650 Gilead Street, the Gilead Room was recently unveiled to the public.   In 1930, Everett Meeks, the dean of Yale’s School of Fine Arts referred to it as "the finest Connecticut room I know of".  The hand carved summer beam, post and panels are the envy of all.  The Gilead Room is featured at the newly renovated Yale University Art Gallery.  For the room's life history and pictures, ... (Read more)

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  • Quest for Home Play Coming Soon!

    Thanks to the support of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, the Hebron Historical Society has received a Culture Tourism Partnership Grant to partially fund the historical play, Quest for Home.

  • Vicki Welch to Speak at September Meeting

    Vicki WelchMark your calendars for Thursday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m.  Well known author and genealogist Vicki Welch will be speaking at the meeting.  Ms. Welch was recently named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2008 Connecticut Society of Genealogists Literary Award for her book And They Were Related, Too.  Her specialty is Native American and African American genealogy. 

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