AGENDA
Gill Historical Commission
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 11:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Riverside Municipal Building
Call to order: ______
Notes: Today’s meeting is being recorded, in part to support minutes of our meeting.
1. Approve minutes of the May 20th meeting
2. Treasurer’s report and business
Budget accounts balance 6/9/25: ///// Donation account balance 6/9/25:
3. Updates:
a. Severance House donations were completed Monday, June 9. Donations for display at the GHC museum included several foundation stones, fireplace wood frame, two ovens, two andirons, one hook for hanging a pot for cooking, stone across top of the oven structure, several bricks surrounding the oven and four bookcases. Many thanks to member Bob Perry and to Ray Steele for this hard work.
Thank-you letters will be sent to Jeff Seymour at NMH for supervising this process, to Head of School Brian Hargrove and to Mary McEneany, NMH CFO for making these donations to the Gill Historical Commission. They have provided this opportunity to promote the preservation of the historic legacy of the Severance House, on behalf of the Northfield Mount Hermon School and of the Town of Gill.
4. New business:
Welcome to Guests Barbara and Christian Mendes, visiting Gill to share their history as part of the Ralph Stoughton family.
1. Introductions: Lynda Mayo, Bev Demars, Becky Minor, Sherry Heldt, Bob Perry,
Kit Carpenter
2. The GHC Historical Collection (our building and its museum)
3. Donations and discussion
4. The Mendes family’s visit: where to go and what to see
a. Town Hall, 325 Center Rd.
b. The Mill (Gill pictures)
c. Former Stoughton house and Stoughton Way
d. Other (PVMA?)
5. Some genealogy to share:
a. Bob Perry (relative of Amos Perry)
b. Timothy Stoughton re: monument to Capt. Turner (Rte. 2 near Main Road)
c. Possible Indigenous connections to the name Gill (as in Moses Gill, for whom the town
is named)
6. Conclusion
7. Other topics not listed at time of posting
Adjournment:
Next meeting: Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., RMB
