The Freeland Howe Insurance Agency, circa 1900, is one of the stops on the Norway History Walking Tour. Stuart Goodwin purchased the business in 1912. Submitted photo
History lovers of all ages can hear some of the stories about Norway’s early businesses and their proprietors at the Norway History Walking Tours set Saturday, Sept. 3. The event is a collaboration of the Norway Museum and Historical Society and the First Universalist Church of Norway, according to a news release from the Rev. Fayre Stephenson.
Hour-long tours are scheduled at 11 a.m., 12:30 and 2 p.m. beginning at the First Universalist Church at 429 Main St. The guided tours will visit seven locations along Norway’s Main Street. At each stop, a re-enactor, portraying an early business owner, will take listeners back in time a hundred years or more to hear the story of the building, the early business, and the business owner’s life. Three of the reenactors are descendants of the person they are portraying.
The tour’s sites will be the old Advertiser-Democrat, Stone’s Drug Store, Tucker’s Harness Shop, the Freeland Howe/Stuart Goodwin Insurance Agency, the Prince Sisters’ Dry Goods store, the Weary Club and L.M. Longley & Son.
Tickets for the tours cost $10 and are available at The Tribune Bookstore, 430 Main St. in Norway. If necessary, the rain date will be Saturday, Sept. 10.
Proceeds from the tours will benefit the Norway Historical Society and the First Universalist Church of Norway.
For more information, contact Stephenson at 207-744-2068 or fayrestephenson@yahoo.com.
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