Avon Historical Society Offers Holiday Gift Ideas

From The Avon Historical Society:

AVON, CT - The Avon Historical Society has some wonderful gifts for this holiday season from stocking stuffers to books and notecard to prints that are suitable for framing, all for viewing on their website at: http://www.avonhistoricalsociety.org/AHSGiftShop.htm Orders can be placed through their e-mail at ahs.mail.1830@sbcglobal.net to arrange pick up or local drop off.

New this year! A very detailed map of the 19th c. Farmington Canal through Avon! Newly printed, folded map created by the Simsbury Free Library and historian Carl Walter, they have created single-town maps for the nine towns that the Canal went through in Connecticut. Cost is only $5.00 for the two-sided map. For maps of other towns through the state, visit: www.simsburyfreelibrary.com

A very popular item are full color 5” x 7” folded notecards with scenes of historic Avon painted by students at Avon High School! These sturdy cardstock notecards are available in sets of 8 for $8.00 or two packages for $15.00. There are a total of four scenes on the front of each card – the “flower house” on West Avon Road; the covered bridge at Countryside Park; Pine Grove School House; and the forge at Avon Old Farms School.

For the history fan, the most popular items for sale are the many books ranging from a comprehensive history of Avon to recognizable Arcadia Images old photo books of the town. Catch’d on Fire from History Press is a result of more than ten years of research of the 50-year journals of the first minister of Northington, later Avon, from the colonial period to the early industrial revolution. It takes the reader through the life of a hometown minister who does everything from attending to births & deaths, provides counseling and prayer, attends events such as the Second Great Awakening and observes Gen. Washington and his troops camped out in Farmington during the American Revolution.

Books for sale are (some signed by the author):

• Avon, Connecticut by Mary-Frances Mackie, 1988 – this is a comprehensive book on the history of Avon used by many historians and genealogists. $22.00
• Avon by Nora Howard, 2000 – this book, from the Arcadia Images of America Series, contains hundreds of photographs from Avon’s numerous collections beginning circa 1900. $22.00
• Avon by Peter Wright, 2010 – this book, from the Arcadia Then & Now Series, contains old photographs paired with current photographs of scenes around Avon. $22.00
• Catch’d on Fire by Nora Howard, 2011 – the journals of Rev. Rufus Hawley, Avon, CT. $24.00

Prints suitable for framing are:

• 1869 map of Avon in color - $5.00
• School House No. 3 (Living Museum) in pen & ink - $3.00
• Various sites of Avon from the town’s 175th anniversary celebration - $5.00

Other gift items are:

• Full color postcards of local sites photographed by Avon High School students - .50 each
• Cat’s Meow wooden bookshelf blocks of the Farmington Canal, Pine Grove Schoolhouse and the historic Charles Miller House (Italianate). $12.00

The Avon Historical Society reminds everyone that if you are buying items on Amazon, please donate to the Avon Historical Society, Avon, CT by ordering through https://smile.amazon.com/ When you do, .5% of your purchase will be donated to the Society automatically! It’s a great way to show your support for us.

For more information about the Avon Historical Society, visit: www.avonhistoricalsociety.org

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