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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.
Discover the Cornish Colony this weekend at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park and within the surrounding community.
Special programs on Saturday, October 10 include:
🍂 An introductory talk about the Cornish Colony outside Aspet, the Saint-Gaudens family home at 12 pm
🍂 A walking tour of the historic Blow-Me-Down Farm at 2:30 pm
🍂 An artist talk by 2026 sculptor-in-residence Heidi Mortensen at 4pm
Additionally, attend a free presentation about the history of the Cornish Colony through historic postcards on Sunday, October 11 at 2:30 pm inside the Plainfield Town Hall. This ranger talk will coincide with the Maxfield Parrish Vintage Print Show hosted by the Maxfield Parrish Stage Set Committee from 10am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11. For more information about park events, visit www.nps.gov/saga/planyourvisit/calendar.htm
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Save October 10–11 for the annual Maxfield Parrish Show & Sale in Plainfield!
Browse and purchase original framed prints, high-quality reprints, books, posters, postcards, Stage Set ornaments, and other Parrish collectibles.
The event benefits preservation of the Maxfield Parrish Stage Set and the historic Plainfield Village Town Hall that houses it.
Saturday and Sunday, October 10–11, 2026
10 a.m.–5 p.m. both days
Plainfield Village Town Hall
1079 Route 12A, Plainfield, NH
Mark your calendar and bring a friend.
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This year for the Maxfield Parrish Vintage Print and Collectible Show we are partnering with Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park for a Cornish Colony weekend. Saturday they have programs at the park and the Blow Me Down Farm and Sunday, a ranger will be joining us at the town hall to do a Cornish Colony program. On top of that, on Saturday, the Plainfield Community Church and the Blow Me Down Grange have festivities. The church is having an Apple Fest and Rummage Sale and the Grange is having a yard sale and Pork Roast Dinner take out at 4 p.m. Route 12A in Plainfield is going to be busy. Join us for two full days!
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One last picture on the Parrish Stage. It was great fun to host them in Plainfield. We have many more stories to tell.
www.facebook.com/share/p/17ZqTqZck9/?mibextid=wwXIfrWe said good-bye to Schuyler and Rebecca today. They finished some indoor filming and headed back home. The preview party was such fun and we had many laughs. Thanks #NHPBS for coming to Plainfield and featuring our community on "Our Hometown" - Air date for the finished program is scheduled November.
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Maxfield Parrish will have a dedicated gallery at the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.
Opening September 22, 2026, the museum was founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson to explore storytelling through images—from illustration and painting to comics and film.
Here in Plainfield, we have our own connection to that history: the 1916 Maxfield Parrish Stage Set inside Plainfield Village Town Hall.
Read about the opening and exhibitions:
lucasmuseum.org
100,000 Square Feet of Artworks, Continuous Film Screenings, Free Research Library, and Destination Restaurant Greet the Public in Landmark Building, Designed by Ma Yansong Monumental Park and Gardens...3 CommentsComment on Facebook
Join Rebecca Rule and Schuyler Scribner for a behind-the-scenes look at NHPBS’s “Our Hometown — Plainfield, NH.”
They’ll share stories from filming in Plainfield, along with clips, outtakes, and highlights before the full program airs in November.
Sunday, September 27, 2026 • 3 p.m.
Plainfield Village Town Hall
1079 Route 12A, Plainfield, NH
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Maxfield Parrish would often build models of what he was painting and experiment with various lighting. The detail on this model is amazing. This is the Freeman Farm located below his property, The Oaks, in Plainfield, NH. There are several Parrish paintings with the Freeman Farm. The farm house still exists today and remains in the family. You can see it on Route 12A in Plainfield. Parrish bought the land to build his home from the Freeman - Daniels family.
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There is Mount Ascutney in the background. A mountain that Parrish would see from his home The Oaks in Plainfield, NH.Winter House on Hill by Maxfield Parrish
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We understand there are going to be some stories and memories about Maxfield Parrish and many interviews taking place in front of the Maxfield Parrish Stage Set. Be sure to save the date of September 27 at 3 p.m.
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Save the date for the Annual Maxfield Parrish Vintage Prints and Collectibles Show and Sale! October 10-11 from 10-5 p.m. each day at the Plainfield Village Town Hall, 1079 Route 12A, Plainfield, NH. We have some other Cornish Art Colony events planned with Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park. The Blow Me Down Farm tour is Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and Sunday, a Ranger will be at the Town Hall for a talk on the Cornish Art Colony.
The Plainfield Community Church is planning their rummage sale and Apple Fest, Saturday, the 10th, also. It will be a great day to be in Plainfield Village.
Coming for the weekend - make your reservations soon! The foliage should be spectacular.
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Just a reminder that we open this Sunday, August 9 from 1-5 p.m. Stop in after the St. Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Concert.
Coming to Cornish on Saturday, August 8? Don't forget the Blow-Me-Down Farm Walking Tour with a Ranger from Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Special Event - Aug 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM - Free
Join a special walking tour of the historic and beautiful Blow-Me-Down Farm located along the banks of the Connecticut River. Join Ranger Bob to learn about Charles Beaman, the "father" of the Cornish Colony, and the Beaman family's summer home as a prime example of the "Country House Era."
Plan ahead for Indigenous People's Day Weekend in October when the Maxfield Parrish Stage Set Committee will have some joint events with Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park for a Cornish Art Colony weekend.
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Someone once asked,how many lanterns and how many moons?Maxfield Parrish: The Lantern Bearers
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We find this is one of Parrish’s most popular prints.Maxfield Parrish: Ecstasy
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This Sunday, August 2nd 2pm - Gerry Grimo & the East Bay Jazz Ensemble perform classics from the Gilded Age and Big Band era. Infectious energy and the timeless charm of America's great musical tradition. Presented with support from our friends at @Mascoma_Bank.
🎟️: Free with park admission.
🎷: #SaintGaudens #ConcertSeries #ThingstoDoThisSummer #ThingsToDoInNH #UpperValley
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Thanks to a grant from the Tasker Bridge Fund, we are excited to have our 1st American Bandstand Reunion. Food truck on site. Come join us for some Good Ole Rock & Roll! Admission by donation - pay what you can - all profits go to the Town Hall and Maxfield Parrish Stage Set Fund.
What is your favorite 50s song that you want to hear or dance to?
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Artist Maxfield Parrish was a resident of Plainfield, NH for 68 years and a member of the Cornish Art Colony. In 1916, Parrish to designed and painted a stage set for the Town Hall that still exists t...1 CommentsComment on Facebook
🎥 Exciting Few Days at the Plainfield Village Town Hall!
A 10-person film crew from London’s Dorothy St Pictures arrived in Plainfield to film our historic Town Hall and the Maxfield Parrish Stage Set for an upcoming documentary. After scouting the Hall on Thursday, the crew returned and spent nearly three hours filming the Stage Set and Town Hall before heading off to capture The Oaks, views of Mt. Ascutney, and other places connected to Maxfield Parrish here in Plainfield.
Campbell Mobley of the Flagler Museum was filmed on our stage with Plainfield’s 1916 Maxfield Parrish Stage Set as the backdrop. What a sight!
The documentary will be shown at the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angel!—in February. Plainfield’s remarkable Stage Set is a wonderful part of this story.
The film crew and Ms. Mobley were truly in awe of the Stage Set. They repeatedly commented on what an extraordinary treasure Plainfield has and how remarkable it is that the Town and generations of volunteers have preserved it in its original location since 1916.
The crew even used a drone to film several exterior scenes, including Ms. Mobley walking up to the Town Hall. The beautiful flowers left from our Fourth of July celebration framed the building perfectly.
As we watched the filming, we couldn't help but wish that we already had the funds to complete the landscaping, make the much-needed repairs to the building, and give our historic Town Hall a fresh coat of paint. The world is beginning to discover this extraordinary Plainfield treasure—and we want the building that has protected the Stage Set for 110 years to shine, too.
We are making steady progress toward raising the $125,000 local match needed for immediate repairs to the Town Hall—and we are now about halfway there. There is still much work ahead, but days like this remind us just how important this preservation effort is.
Below are a few behind-the-scenes photos from a very special day in Plainfield. 🎬
Our Town Hall—and its extraordinary Maxfield Parrish Stage Set—are getting some well-deserved international attention!
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When the nights are hot this summer, remember the winter blue hues of Maxfield Parrish.Maxfield Parrish : Winter Night Landscape 1956
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