About Bath Historical Society
The Bath Historical Society was incorporated in 1989 by a small group of Bath citizens. Its immediate goal was to ensure that the Sagadahoc History and Genealogy Room in the Patten Free Library was adequately funded and staffed so that its collections could remain open to the public on a regular basis.
BHS conducted a three-year campaign to raise funds for an endowment to provide income for ongoing support; we continue to build our endowment fund so that we can accomplish this mission. Money raised through annual membership dues, donations and other projects is used to expand and preserve our collections (housed in the History Room), and to support programming, communications, research and collaborative projects on local history.
At left: Theodore Burns astride Bath’s Paul Revere Bell, in the belfry of the Davenport Memorial City Hall. BHS2010.11.6
Bath Historical Society Mission Statement:
“To promote, preserve, and celebrate the history and heritage of Bath, Maine.”
Officer and Trustees
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Officers
President: Nathan Lipfert
Vice President: Jack Martin
Secretary: Lorena Coffin
Treasurer: Hector Casas -
Trustees
Hector Casas, 2025
Meg Barker, 2025
Lorena Coffin, 2026
Maggie Edwards, 2026
Joe Minott, 2026
Ellen Endter, 2027
Jack Martin, 2027
Suzy Pundt, 2027
Rebecca Roche, 2027 -
Advisors
Tim Richter, Archivist
Patricia Caton, Research Support
At the Patten Free Library
Jack Martin, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Sagadahoc History and Genealogy Room
Contact us
Email: info@bathhistorical.org
USPS: Bath Historical Society, c/o Patten Free Library
33 Summer Street, Bath, Maine 04530
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At left: West end of the Carlton Bridge; street and sidewalk unfinished; bridge gate is in its raised position. BHS2006.17.1