FRONTIER HERITAGE SOCIETY
Fort Fairfield, Maine
The Frontier Heritage Society was formed in 1974 to encourage interest in and preservation of the history and culture of the people of Fort Fairfield.
PROGRAMS
Preserving History
BLOCKHOUSE MUSEUM
The Blockhouse museum is a 1976 replica of the original structure located on the banks of the Aroostook River which served to prevent transport of lumber into Canada during “the Bloodless Aroostook War” of 1839.
FRIENDS CHURCH
Located on Route 1a, Friends Church is the oldest still-standing church in Fort Fairfield. It was built in 1859-1860 by the Haines family and a bunch of their Quaker friends, who, according to oral history, were part of the Underground Railroad before and during the Civil War.
FORT FAIRFIELD RAILROAD MUSEUM
The Canadian-Pacific Railroad station (1875) was moved out of the floodplain along the Aroostook River to this site in 2000.
MCINTOSH SCHOOL
The McIntosh one-room school house was built in 1848. Built before churches and other public buildings, It was used for town meetings, social gatherings, church services, weddings, baptisms and funerals.
CONTACT FRONTIER HERITAGE SOCIETY
39 Brown Street
Fort Fairfield, ME 04742
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together"