WELCOME
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Now in our 52nd year, Johnsburg Historical Society since August 1973 has been fulfilling its mission to preserve, protect, and promote the history of the Town of Johnsburg!
Our Mission
To preserve the history of the Town of Johnsburg; To promote regional historic education; To promote and encourage historical research; To preserve and protect buildings and sites of historic interest, to collect and preserve records, relics, and other things of historic interest; To mark places of historic interest with suitable monuments and markers; To foster and promote public knowledge of and interest in local and national history. The Johnsburg History Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3). Donations are tax exempt to the extent allowed by law. JHS is a non-partisan, non-political organization.
MUSEUM REOPENS ON JUNE 5, 2026
On September 19, the Johnsburg Historical Society was honored to be awarded an Adirondack Architectural Heritage Award (AARCH) for historic preservation associated with the restoration of the Robert & Electa Waddell House in Wevertown. As
our board members have often commented, the house itself is our most treasured exhibit.
Johnsburg Historical Society
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 144, Wevertown, NY 12886
Office Hours: By Appointment Only
Monthly Board Meeting: Second Thursday at 4pm