Welcome

You are invited to meet some of the people and explore places from Hebron’s past along Marjorie Circle. This child and family friendly QR tour can be done in any order. Each site is a short walk from here.

Just click on a QR code and you are on your way to meet your neighbors from Hebron’s past. In this loop you will have a chance to do the following:

1. Compare views of the 19th / early 20th century views of Hebron Center to today- A Changing Townscape (from the Adirondack chairs) 
2. See how relocating Routes 66 and 85 changed Marjorie Circle (viewed from the end of Marjorie Circle)
    
3. View one of Hebron Center’s last remaining “Mansion Houses” (Fuller House #21 Marjorie Circle) 
   
4. Discover the earliest house on Hebron Green changed over time (Marjorie Martin House #25 Marjorie Circle) 
   
5. Think about the conflict between Hebron’s Yankee craftsman and his hired Irish help (Pliny Parker House #30 Marjorie Circle)
   
6. Consider how a family like the Buell’s were able to economically keep up with fashion (Miss Esther Buell’s House # 22 Marjorie Circle)
   
7. Discover details of Hebron’s 19th century integrated school system (Gull Schoolhouse)
   
8. Learn about the role of a family doctor and Hebron’s African American and Irish population (Orrin White / Horton House #8 Marjorie Circle)
   
9. Consider the role of the “Home Front” during WWII (to the north of the current town office building)
   
10. Understand the role of Town Government in preserving the past (New and Old Records Buildings)
    
11. Understand how Hebron Center was forever changed by the Fire of 1882 (View from Adirondack chairs to the east)
    
12. Reflect upon what you have seen today (From the Adirondack chairs)
    
    

Getting started --A Changing Townscape

Have a seat in one of the Airdorondack chairs seasonally placed next to the Old Town Records building.

Take a look at the buildings surrounding the Route 85/66 traffic light heading south.

This section of the Hebron Green has been changed several times over the past 300 years. Originally the Hebron Meetinghouse stood where the traffic light is located. Further south was the Hebron elm planted in 1763 to commemorate the end of the French and Indian War. To the west stood the Post House and store as well as Fuller’s tavern.

Think about it

Change and time are interrelated. Often as time goes on, a given scene whether natural or man-made will change. Try to keep the image you see today of Hebron Center in your mind. If you visit this spot 5 or 10 years from now, see if you can remember things that were different. To a large degree this is what history is about, noting changes over time. Another part of history is explaining why those changes took place.

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

Hebron Center in 1830 by Reuben Rowley from a c 1910 postcard

William Annable sketch of Hebron Center c 1840 courtesy of the Douglas Library

Tennant postcard of Hebron center c 1903

Tennant postcard about 1910

Thinking about it

- Compare the four views of Hebron over time with what you see today. What has changed and what has stayed the same? Based on the views, in what time period would you like to live? Why?

Where to go next

From here walk down Marjorie Circle to see how this neighborhood has changed over the years.

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.