East Lyme Historical Society

The afternoon rain on Saturday, June 11th, didn’t stop over 70 people from visiting the Lee House for the 12th annual state wide open house. They came from many different towns

On May 20th, eighty-four 5th grade students from the East Lyme Middle School, along with teachers, parents and chaperones, visited the Thomas Lee House Museum for a Colonial Times program. They

Sixteen area historic house museums have joined together to create a new trail brochure highlighting the stories of the region’s growth from European settlement in the 1600s to industrial expansion

A few months ago mention was made of the Archive Group working on documenting old mill sites in East Lyme. Eighteen sites have been located so far, the last found being

A preservation funding resource has been developed and is now available on the East Lyme Historic Properties Commission page of the Town of East Lyme website. The Preservation Grant funding

Fifteen seniors from the East Lyme High School Anthropology Class were busy this fall at the site of the barn foundation to the east of the Thomas Lee House. The barn

The shingling of the Lee House was finished in early November. With only one day of rain the job was quickly done.  The chimney was also repaired and new flashing was

Up-down sawmill, grist mill and dam on Latimer’s Brook Grist mills and sawmills are among the first buildings that people would erect upon the settlement of a town. The Monday morning

Herman F. Lee Three large portraits of Lee family members were donated to the East Lyme Historical Society by Mrs. Linde Hendrickson of Long Island. Mrs. Hendrickson is a 12th generation