Introduction

Hebron Center was substantially changed on a windy day in April of 1882 when a spark from the Hendee House and store (located where Route 85 now heads toward Gilead) was blown by the wind toward the Congregational Church and the east to Route 316. Most of the houses along the north side of the Green burned. The fire jumped over the Old Town Hall and burned the structures where the Douglas Library and American Legion now stand.

This tour will take you from The Church of Hope to Ted’s Supermarket. On this tour you will do the following:

1. Stop-  #1 Main Street. Church of Hope/ Congregational Church—Learn how rebuilding Hebron’s Congregational Church provided an opportunity to create a masterpiece of Victorian Gothic architecture.
   
2. Stop - #7 Main Street – Explore how one of Hebron’s most influential individuals lived a life of political success and domestic tragedy.
   
3. Stop - #17 Main Street – Reflect upon how the fire of 1882 reversed the fortunes of an important Hebron family.
   
4. Stop - #31 Main Street –Think about how individuals in the past with disabilities were part of Hebron’s social fabric
   
5. Stop - #37 Main Street – Learn about how central European immigrants were able to revive failing Hebron farms.
   
6. Stop - #44 Main Street – Hebron Fire Station—Consider the role and dangers of using fire in the past.
   
7. Stop - #38 Pendleton Drive – Discover that Hebron Center was once an Indigenous camp site.
   
8. Stop - #110 Main Street – CVS Pharmacy, former location of Henry Peters -Porter House—Learn about how one African American family used their farming skills to join Hebron’s middle class.
   
9. Stop - Beyond Ted’s Supermarket –Reflect upon how this neighborhood was an integrate community before the Civil War.
   
   

Where to go next

From here walk toward the Congregational or First Society Church

Meet Your Neighbors QR Tours funded by the Hebron Greater Together Community Fund in conjunction with the Hebron Historical Society

Please note that most of the structures you will see are privately owned. Please respect these properties by viewing them from the street.