About Bath Historical Society

The Bath Historical Society was incorporated in 1989 by a small group of Bath citizens. Its immediate goal was to ensure that the Sagadahoc History and Genealogy Room in the Patten Free Library was adequately funded and staffed so that its collections could remain open to the public on a regular basis. 

BHS conducted a three-year campaign to raise funds for an endowment to provide income for ongoing support; we continue to build our endowment fund so that we can accomplish this mission.  Money raised through annual membership dues, donations and other projects is used to expand and preserve our collections (housed in the History Room), and to support programming, communications, research and collaborative projects on local history.

At left: Theodore Burns astride Bath’s Paul Revere Bell, in the belfry of the Davenport Memorial City Hall. BHS2010.11.6


Bath Historical Society Mission Statement:

“To promote, preserve, and celebrate the history and heritage of Bath, Maine.”

Officer and Trustees

  • Officers

    President: Malcolm Persent

    Vice President: Rebecca Roche

    Secretary: Jack Martin

    Treasurer: Emma Beauregard

  • Trustees

    Meg Barker
    Emma Beauregard
    Barbara Bramer
    Jerome Casey
    Fred Hill
    Jack Martin
    Joe Minott
    Malcolm Persen
    Tim Richter
    Rebecca Roche
    Ex-Officio: Nathan Lipfert

  • Advisors

    At the Patten Free Library
    Jack Martin, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Sagadahoc History and Genealogy Room

Contact us

Email: info@bathhistorical.org
USPS: Bath Historical Society
Old Bath Custom House, Suite 4, One Front Street, Bath ME 04530
Or use our “Contact Us” Form

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At left: West end of the Carlton Bridge; street and sidewalk unfinished; bridge gate is in its raised position. BHS2006.17.1

In the Community

Bath Historical Society Trustee Joe Minott tours Oak Grove Cemetery with Fisher Mitchell School’s 5th grade History Club.

The tour included historic photos to help bring to life the stories of those interred in Bath’s garden cemetery. Here, they are learning about the Beth Israel Cemetery.