From the Quill of Alexander Konieczny
A message from the Front… The Civil War reenacting season started off with a bang this year….lots of them actually; it usually does. This past weekend marks the 155th anniversary of the battle of Shiloh....
From the Quill of Loraine Campbell
It is one of those cold, damp depressing days, but in the Wagon Shop there is hot coffee and optimism as an exciting and cooperative project to install lights in the shop nears completion....
Niles Barnard House
The original 1 ½ story home was built by pioneer Johnson Niles’ family in 1837 on land that is now the southwest corner of Livernois at Square Lake Road. The family added a large...
Curator
Jan Kleco was the Museum Curator from 19– – 1997. In this 1987 photo she stands in the gutted one-room school which was relocated to the Village in 1987 and restored as Town Hall.
Blacksmith
Rick Stover Rick Stover was an active volunteer and skilled blacksmith in the Village for many years. He developed a training program for others interested in working metal in the Wagon Shop and also...
Volunteers
Lee Young (center with moustache) and Richard Drue (right with beard) were active THS volunteers for many years. Here they explain household items from the 1800s that were exhibited in the general store exhibit...
Poppleton Project
Preserving Poppleton School was an official bicentennial project in the City of Troy in 1976. The building had been purchased by a developer who would not donate it to the Troy Historical Society or...
First Public Event
Heritage Day was one of the first public events organized by THS volunteers and members of the Historical Commission, a seven-member board appointed by City Council to oversee museum operations. Note that the Caswell...
Library Department
Joe Howey and Michael Wasilewski The City of Troy owns the buildings, land, and collections known first as the Troy Museum, later as the Troy Museum and Historic Village, and today as the Troy...
Wattles’ Farm House
Morris Wattles Morris Wattles lived to the age of 93. A lifelong bachelor, he resided nearly 90 years in the farm house built in the 1850s by his father Harry Wattles. Harry raised thoroughbred...
Township Supervisor
Morris Wattles, Township Supervisor (1925-1930) Virginia Bollinger and Morris Wattles carry materials into the 1927 Township Hall through the Pioneer Room entry. Morris Wattles oversaw construction of the Township Hall while he served as...
Early Members
Early Troy Historical Society members included Lois Lance (left), Virginia Bollinger (center), and Morris Wattles (top right). This photo was taken when the Society was raising funds to move the Caswell House. Their efforts...
First President
Clara Haag, Troy Historical Society First President Clara Haag (left,) was present at the charter meeting of the Troy Historical Society in February 1966 and served as the organization’s first president. Following William Caswell’s...
Gazebo
The gazebo, built in 1979 quickly became a focal point for ceremonies, musical performances, and program activities in the Village while hundreds of couples have exchanged wedding vows or posed for photographs on the...
Troy Town Hall
The 1848 Town Hall and this Civil War-era one-room school were nearly identical in size and appearance. The actual Town Hall was built about 100 yards from this site, because the intersection of Wattles...
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