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      • Running to the Hill: Smallpox and Sanitation in Colonial Times (1758-1760)
      • Another Scourge Among Many: Epidemics in the Civil War (1861-1865)
      • The Spanish Flu: The Story of Gervis Lemley (1918-1919)
      • It Didn’t Fade: Mildred Lee Grove and Tuberculosis (1930s-Late Twentieth Century)
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Newtown History Center

Explore the 2nd Oldest Town in the Shenandoah Valley

Membership

Click here to become a member or renew your membership. Please consider supporting the Stone House Foundation’s Newtown History Center by becoming a member. Our membership program encourages interested families and individuals to support our ongoing preservation and research efforts. We currently offer five levels of membership participation. Patrons who serve as volunteers or committee members are counted at the Individual Membership level for free.

Individual Level at $10

At the Individual Level you get one year of free individual admission to our museum the Newtown History Center. Along with your free admission to the museum, you also will receive Museum Musings, our newsletter published four times a year, in which we print news and announcements of our upcoming lectures, educational programs and special events.

Family Level at $25

At the Family Level you get one year of free family admission to the Newtown History Center. Along with free admission to the museum for you and your immediate family, this level also includes free admission for up to four family guests per visit. You also will receive Museum Musings, our newsletter published four times a year, in which we print news and announcements of our upcoming lectures, educational programs and special events.

Contributing Level at $55

In cooperation with the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society (W.F.C.H.S.), we are offering a joint membership program that combines the benefits of a Family Membership in the Stone House Foundation with a Couple Membership in the W.F.C.H.S. For $55 you will join at the Contributing Level and get one year of free family admission to the Newtown History Center. Along with free admission to the museum for you and your immediate family, you will also receive free admission for up to four family guests per visit. Additionally you will get Museum Musings, our newsletter published four times a year, in which we print news and announcements of our upcoming lectures, educational programs and special events. At the W.F.C.H.S. you will get free admission to the three museums administered by the Society—George Washington’s Office, Abram’s Delight and Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters. You will also receive a 10% discount on W.F.C.H.S. publications, their newsletter four times a year, advance notice for programs and tours and a copy of the W.F.C.H.S. annual Journal.

Family History Patron Level at $100

As the name implies, this level is designed for the family historians (genealogists) seeking ancestors who lived in or adjoining the community of Newtown/Stephensburg.  The benefits associated with this category include everything offered at the Family Level but also grant the recipient access to our local history databases and family history files housed at the Newtown History Center.  Additionally, if participants are unable to visit the museum in person they will receive additional help from our officers and staff who will convey the relevant discoveries and research products to the patron by e-mail or the postal service.

Heirloom Society at $100

This level of membership is for those who feel an affinity for local antiques and historical material culture.  The recipients of this membership level will, in addition to everything offered at the Family Level, receive special invitations to view new additions to the collections during limited gallery opening events prior to the admittance of the general public.  All the income received from participants at this level will go exclusively toward our collections fund and will be used to purchase objects for the museum’s collection.

Stone House Restoration Project Progress Updates

  • Completion of the Gutters and Other Progress
  • Painting of the Soffit and Crown
  • Painting Preparations for the Crown Molding
  • Stone House Restoration Project
  • History of Ownership
  • Hybrid Drawings
  • Dendrochronology Study of the Log Addition
  • Behind the Plaster
  • Archeology

Upcoming Events

What We Do

With the town of Stephens City as its focus, the Foundation seeks to interest and engage residents, visitors, scholars and students in the events, lifeways and material culture of the region. We also strive to promote the preservation of the buildings, artifacts and landscapes that are associated with the history of the town of Stephens City.

Current Hours of Operation

For current hours of operation please click here.

History Center Location

PO Box 143 (USPS Mail)
5408 Main Street (FedEx/UPS Deliveries)
Stephens City, VA 22655-0143

Phone: (540) 869-1700
E-mail: info@newtownhistorycenter.org

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