The Hillsborough Heritage Museum
Fundraising Committee
presents
the 5th Annual
Timeless Tea House Tour

Mother's Day Weekend
Saturday, May 10th, 2008    1-5 PM

Our Mission is to preserve and house the history of Hillsborough through the restoration of an historically significant building so that today' generation and future generations have a place to experience the past.

Our vision is to provide both a museum and a top-notch facility for education and other cultural programs through in-house and outreach activities. Additionally, our vision includes creating a home for the Hillsborough Historical Society and a home for fire memorabilia. This vision includes helping to make Hillsborough a destination attraction for New Hampshire natives, vacationers, and school children from all over New Hampshire and beyond.

Our history: The old fire station's construction was approved at town meeting in 1870 and was completed in 1875.  The building served as the town's fire station and police station until it was sold in 1968 to private owners.  After a year long effort of the Hillsborough Fireman's association and the Hillsborough Historical Society working towards purchasing and preserving this tradition filled building, voters again agreed to purchase the old building on March 13, 2001 at town meeting and work began.

Our goal has been an ambitious one - to fully refurbish the exterior and the interior as well as furnish the interior of the old firehouse primarily using donated funds, materials and services.  To date we have completed all work on the exterior including a new roof, new energy efficient windows, new paint and a new handicap accessible entrance.  On the interior the first floor is complete including new insulation, restructuring with steel support beams, new floor with radiant heat and two new bathrooms.  The second floor offices have also been completed.  Finally we hope to be able to gain public access to the second floor meeting room with the installation of an elevator as well as enhancing the use with modest kitchen facilities.  This meeting room will offer our community much needed space for programs, meetings, educational and cultural activities.