Office of the Town Historians

 

John Noble, III

Todd Goff

 

It is the mission of the Office of the Essex Town Historian to acquaint its local and regional citizens, students, schools, civic and social organizations with our resources/collections in order to promote a deeper understanding and appreciation of the history and significance of Lake Champlain, Essex and surrounding lands to the town. Accordingly, the Town Historian will not only acquire, store, catalog, and preserve all non-governmental records, photos, materials, and local artifacts but will actively publicize and promote our resources/collection making them easily available to all local, regional and other citizens. We have a large collection of written and oral materials which can now be conserved, identified and saved in alternate media forms.

Historic “500 words” Interpretation Reports

  • M is for Memory, Part 2 (PDF) January 2024

  • Happy Thoughts for the Holidays (PDF) Dec. 2023

  • Celebrating Essex Today Yesterday (PDF) Nov. 2023

  • Little House on the Big Lake (PDF) October 2023

  • School Days (PDF) September 2023

  • Back To The Future (PDF) August 2023

  • A Little Summer Reading (PDF) July 2023

  • A Founding Father (PDF) June 2023

  • Honoring Our Vets (PDF) May 2023

  • April Foolin’?? (PDF) April 2023

  • To The Lighthouse (PDF) March 2023

  • Ferry Tales (PDF) February 2023

  • The Runner & Fads (PDF) January 2023

  • M is for Memory (PDF) December 2022

  • Split Rock and Native Peoples (PDF) November 2022

  • Octagonal Schoolhouse (PDF) October 2022

  • ECHO Celebrates 50 years (PDF) September 2022

  • Maclurites magnus (PDF) August 2022

  • Horse Nail Factory (PDF) July 2022

  • Essex Firehouse (PDF) June 2022

  • Texaco Sign at the Marine Base (PDF) May 2022

  • Ben Franklin Ate Here! (PDF) April 2022

Photo Archives (by street)

6,100 Images and more added as they are acquired

Folders for nearby streets may show additional images of sites not depicted on the primary address of a site (E.g., images of the Essex Community Church mostly appear under 2746 NYS RTE 22 folder, but it also appears on images from the Essex Road and Lakeshore Rd folders)

Disclaimer: Not for reproduction. These are a collection of digital images obtained from numerous sources donated to the town historian’s “digital archive” over 20+ years. We cannot guarantee the original source for many, and therefore images of copyright material may be present. They are presented here for educational use.

General images: