“Adams County Heritage Center” is the theme for Adams County Historical Society’s annual voices from the past program. Event will be held Saturday, May 19th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the recently acquired former home of the Adams County Land & Title Office, 309 Main Street, Friendship. Community people will speak the words of people from the past who were associated with the building’s interesting history.
Adams County Heritage Center Open House
Saturday & Sunday, May 26-27, 2012 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, 309 Main Street, Friendship. Drop in and see the Adams County Historical Society’s newly acquired building. Most recently the home of the Adams
County Land & Title Office, the building is becoming the Adams County Heritage Center. The building is an Adams County history book in itself complete with what has been called some of the best preserved pressed tin walls and ceilings. Historical society members are anxious to show you and the whole community the building and the plans for the future.
Railroad Centennial Birth of Adams
Wednesday-Saturday, July 4-7, 2012 in the City of Adams, Wisconsin
At 6:00 am on December 11, 1911, the first scheduled train departed the “Friendship” station
bound for Milwaukee. In October 1912, “South Friendship” was incorporated as the Village of Adams. During the period July 4-7, 2012 the Adams County Historical Society and the City of Adams will commemorate 100 years of history with “The Coming of the Railroad and the Birth of Adams”.
See celebration daily schedule under “Events”
ACHS Meetings
The Adams County Historical Society Board of Directors meets except as noted elsewhere at 7:00 pm on the second Wednesday of January, March, April, June, July, September, October and December at the McGowan House Museum, Main Street, Friendship, WI. Meetings are open to the public
ACHS Membership Meetings are held at the same time and place as the Directors meetings on the second Wednesdays of February, August and November.
The ACHS Annual Meeting and election of officers is held at the same time and place as the Directors meeting on the second Wednesday of May.
2012 McGowan House Tours
The McGowan House is open for tours May through September on Saturday afternoons and other times by appointment. Family and group tours can be arranged in the off season.
