Meeting Houses of Maine Presentation
Alna’s 1789 Meeting House
Maine State Historian Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. will present an illustrated talk about the old meetinghouses of Maine at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 28th at the Puddle Dock School in Alna.
Shettleworth will explore the cultural and architectural heritage of Maine’s preserved 18th century meetinghouses. Alna’s nearby 1789 meetinghouse will be open to visitors following the presentation, with docents available to answer questions.
Currently under consideration for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, Puddle Dock School is a one-room schoolhouse, located behind the post office at the intersection of Dock Road and Route 194 in Alna.
This event is sponsored by the Fund to Support Historic Alna. The event is free and open to the public, though donations to support the maintenance and preservation of Alna’s historic buildings will be gratefully accepted.
For more information, contact Ed Pentaleri at 315-0070 or email historicalna@gmail.com.
20th Century Fine Art of Historic Alna (P2)
Held over two consecutive 3-day weekends at the Puddle Dock School in September and October of 2022, works on display included oil and watercolor paintings, woodcuts, and etchings of local scenery and landmarks, including some homes, churches, mills, and bridges that no longer exist. A few additional scenes of Sheepscot Village, Newcastle, and the nearby coast were also included in the exhibition.
20th Century Fine Art of Historic Alna (P1)
Held over two consecutive three-day weekends at Puddle Dock School in September and October, 2022, the exhibition included original works by several notable painters and printmakers were working in and around Alna during the first half of the twentieth century, including Carroll Thayer Berry, Allen Erskine Philbrick and Francis Wenderoth “Dick” Saunders.