Welcome to Putney Puzzles!
We’ve created jigsaw puzzles from historic photographs in our archives. Look over the various icons in the puzzle to see what options you have for manipulating the puzzle, such as number of pieces, being able to rotate pieces, background color, playing with others and putting it in full screen mode. Then click on OK and you can start putting the puzzle together.
We will try to put a new puzzle up each month. Each one will be of an historic photo or other images related to Putney history. We hope you will find this fun and spark your interest in the history of our town! Enjoy. Thanks to Jigsawexplorer.com for this fun application.
Putney Town Hall, in 1902
The Town Hall was constructed in 1871 and is seen in this photo from the Fairchild collection with eighteen young people standing in front and one person visible through the open doorway sitting in the present town manager’s office. The building originally did not house town offices. However, the building met many other uses over time. Such uses included the “Central School” for grades 8 to 12, meetings of various religious groups, even a barber shop. The select board may have met there as well.
The young people in the photo may have been students in the Central School. It is unclear who the person inside might have been, perhaps Bert Pierce, one of the first teachers or an unknown select board member. The second floor was used for town meeting as well as many social events such as dances, plays and musical performances. In the background of this photo can be seen the carriage shed. Town Hall is centrally located in the village and currently houses the town offices and the Putney Historical Society. The town and PHS are working together to rehabilitate the building to make it more accessible and efficient. You can learn more about the project on the PHS website (https://putneyhistory.us/putney-town-hall-building-study/).