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Check back often to follow along with our preservation progress, event updates, and stories from the community as we work to protect the Maxfield Parrish Stage Set for future generations.
There once was a time when Plainfield's Town Meetings were held every other year at the Plainfield Village Town Hall. The Parrish Stage Set proudly hung in the background of the moderator and Selectboard on stage. Save the date for this program on March 8 at 3 p.m. From serious town business to some great stories, this one is a must to attend. 😄You will not want to miss our next program on March 8 at 3 p.m.!
Where Every Voice Counts: Tales from Plainfield's Town Meetings.
Current and former moderators will be describing how Plainfield does business at Town Meeting. They will have stories from the funniest and most difficult situations to telling of traditions and history.
Free - Open to the Public - New to Town Meeting format? Come with questions.
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A big THANK YOU to the Valley News for the coverage on the LCHIP grant.
Our committee initially has to raise $125,000 in matching funds before work is done and another $50,000 for the Maxfield Parrish Stage Set and the Plainfield Village Town Hall. More work is needed after this phase to preserve and protect this historic building and the one-of-a kind 1916 Parrish stage set. Our capital campaign continues with various fundraising events, additional grants, and generous donations.
Please consider us in your non-profit giving. The link for online donations is donorbox.org/parrishstagesetfund. Checks may be sent the Parrish Stage Set Fund, c/o of the Plainfield Historical,Society, PO Box 107, Plainfield, NH. 03781. The Plainfield Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 22-2566598). Donations to the Parrish Stage Set Fund, supporting both the Maxfield Parrish Stage Set and the Plainfield Village Town Hall, are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
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Just a reminder about this unique gift for the holidays!
Ornaments available for local pick up in Plainfield NH paying with cash or check. Email us at ParrishinPlainfield@gmail.com or text 603-252-6999 to make arrangements
Need it shipped - Please use ebay link below.
www.ebay.com/itm/406471959149
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Members of the Plainfield Town Hall Committee traveled to Concord to receive a $125,000 LCHIP matching grant from LCHIP, Land and Community Heritage Investment Program presented to us by the Governor, on December 9. For more information on the grant, see the press release on www.plainfieldnh.org/newsview.aspx?nid=6816 This award will put us well on our way to preserve and protect the Plainfield Village Town Hall and the Maxfield Parrish Stage Set. This is a matching grant which means we can not begin the work and upgrades until we have raised all the matching funds. Some of the items on our list include painting the entire building, upgrading electrical, fire alarm systems, dehumidification on the stage and in the basement, repairing a concrete basement, and replacing rotten beams, clapboard, soffits, and skirting. These items were outlined in the NH Preservation Alliance Assessment Report.
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Maxfield Parrish Stage Set Ornament is still available for delivery for the holidays. The ornament will bring memories of Plainfield and Maxfield Parrish!
Sales of the ornaments support the efforts to preserve and protect the one of a kind Maxfield Parrish Stage Set in the Plainfield NH Village Town Hall.
Ornaments available for local pick up in Plainfield NH paying with cash or check. Email us at ParrishinPlainfield@gmail.com or text 603-252-6999 to make arrangements
Need it shipped - Please use ebay link below.
www.ebay.com/itm/406471959149
Pictures below show the ornament featured on the Christmas tree at the NH State House.
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Jason Cann and Wherehouse! Sell out crowd tonight. The Plainfield Village Town Hall is back in action! We are already looking for entertainers, bands and performances for next year. Who would you like to see on the Maxfield Parrish Stage?
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Thanks for providing some comfort food for the dance!We are at the Plainfield Town Hall tonight until 10pm!
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Take a break from Thanksgiving prep and join us for some great music and dance. Rustic food truck will be on site providing food and soft drink. BYOB. Get your tickets now. We expect a sell out!
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The reviews of Pride and Prejudice are in and they are great. If you mist the production in Plainfield, there is another opportunity in Brandon VT. We are already receiving reservations for 2026 concerts, recitals, events, and plays at the Plainfield Town Hall. All performances must incorporate the treasured and historic Parrish Stage set and its lighting with utmost care.
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We are thrilled to announce that this event will benefit the Maxfield Parrish Stage Set Fund. Hope you can make it. Limited to three items. Appraisals by donation.We are ending our year with one of our favorite events...Antique Appraisal (Antiques Roadshow Plainfield Style) with Leon Rogers and Patsy Root on November 23 at 3 p.m. at the Plainfield Village Town Hall, 1079 Route 12A, Plainfield, NH. Bring your small items, tell the story, and have the items appraised. Appraisals by donation to benefit the Plainfield Historical Society's Maxfield Parrish Stage Set Fund. Register your intent to bring an item(s) to guarantee a spot.
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The Plainfield Village Town Hall and Maxfield Parrish Stage Set are busily getting ready for their next event. A reunion concert and dance with "Wherehouse."
Join us for this exciting event! November 22 from 7-10 p.m. $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
Jason Cann and Wherehouse on the Maxfield Parrish Stage for a reunion concert and the Rustic Barn food truck for food/snacks and soft drinks. BYOB
This is a benefit for the Maxfield Parrish Stage Set Fund to repair and clean mold on the stage set. Our thanks to the Tasker Bridge Fund for their support of this event.
About the Artist
Multitalented singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jason Cann, a Hartland, VT native, is well-known throughout Vermont and New Hampshire as both a solo performer and bandleader. His music—an engaging blend of original songs and covers—is smooth, soulful, and deeply rooted in American traditions.
Jason fronted the popular band WHEREHOUSE, spent decades performing solo across New England’s ski towns, and has opened for Joan Osborne and The Gin Blossoms at the Lebanon Opera House. His CD of original material, Diamond in the Rough, features Nashville legends including guitarist Brent Mason. Jason’s performances showcase a vibrant mix of country, blues, rock, and Americana, highlighted by his powerful acoustic playing and distinctive vocals.
Joining him for this special reunion are:
Shane Walton and Scott Stone
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Tickets still available for tonight (October 25) at the door $20 general admission and $15 senior and under 18. Last chance for a great entertaining evening. Initial reviews are in people are saying the cast was terrific, many laughs throughout. The Maxfield Parrish Stage Set came alive with the 1916 lighting. The background music was excellent. Big thank you to this cast….it was perfect! Great place for a surprise date night.Tickets still available for our final show in Plainfield Village Town hall. 7PM house opens, 730 curtain. We take cash or check at the door. Hope to see you there!
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Tickets are going fast - $20 ($15 for Seniors and under18). The way they are incorporating the 191 6 Maxfield Parrish Stage Set and the original lighting is striking! Hope you can join us. Part of the proceeds benefit the stage set fund. Tickets available available at www.eventbrite.com/e/jane-austens-pride-and-prejudice-mini-tour-first-weekend-plainfield-nh-ticke...
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Join us today at the Plainfield Village Town Hall for the Vintage Prints and Collectibles Sale. Today a harp player till 2 pm - tomorrow a flutist on stage at noon.
Free admission Donations appreciated
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Just an FYI - the Blow Me Down Farm tour may not happen due to the Government shutdown. Visitors can walk the grounds of St Gaudens National Historical Park but no ranger interpretation. We may get lucky and things will resolve by Saturday.Join us for a Cornish Art Colony Weekend
Dusk to Dawn Light Show on the Parrish Stage Set
Every two hours from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day
including a brief talk about the 1916 stage set and the 1798/1846 town hall.
Collectibles including original prints, reprints, and other Parrish items. Maxfield Parrish Stage Set Holiday Ornament will be available. Limited Quantity. Display of various Maxfield Parrish items.
The Plainfield NH Historical Society two doors down from the Plainfield Town Hall will have a Cornish Colony Exhibit.
Both are Free! But donations for our preservation work is appreciated.
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park is partnering with us.
Blow-Me-Down-Farm Tour with a Ranger
October 11 at 2 p.m.
Sculptor in Residence Presentation
October 12 at 2 p.m.
Enjoy a beautiful fall foliage day of the Connecticut River Valley from the Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge to Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park and the Blow-Me-Down Farm driving past several original Cornish Art Colony properties on Route 12A to the Plainfield Village Town Hall and Plainfield Historical Society.
Be captivated by the majestic, inspiring view of Mount Ascutney both on the m\Maxfield Parrish Stage Set as well as the view coming down the hill into the village!
Coming soon! Our new website!!
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More clean out in the basement of the Plainfield Village Town Hall today. We planned to throw out this piano shipping box infested with powder post beetles ….that is until we found out who it was shipped to. Pest control will be called. The Everett piano currently in the town hall came from the Plainfield Historical Society Mothers’ and Daughters’ Clubhouse and must have been a gift from Mrs. Parrish.
Our thanks to the Plainfield Town Hall Committee and Campos for their work today.
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Another great Cornish Art Colony artist program planned!On October 26th at 3pm at the Plainfield Library, Roger Ballou will speak about Cornish Colony artist Willard Metcalf, who spent time in Plainfield/Cornish between 1909-1920. Metcalf was an acclaimed landscape painter, who painted local scenes in both summer and winter.
Roger Ballou, Docent the Currier Museum, has studied Metcalf extensively and will speak about his artistic work in our area, with current photos of the locations where Metcalf created some of his most famous painting.
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