Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society

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The Historical Preservation Society meets the first Monday of every 2nd month

Our Goals:
The purpose of the Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society is
to collect and preserve artifacts, materials, sites and information which pertain to the historic heritage of the Town of Lloyd, to support all individuals, groups or agencies that sustain this goal, to educate and share our historical heritage with the citizens of Lloyd. Our organization will support historic sites and materials, including cemeteries, artifacts and published works of historic interest and will work to educate those interested in the Town of Lloyd's past.

10/29/2026

The final workday this year for the Ferris Ground Cemetery, members and volunteers had all of the marble pieces up on pallets, some pieces matched and cleaned with a special cleaner meant for the job. These will now sit until spring when we’ll be able come back and finish the job. If you want to be a part of our cemetery cleanup program, shoot us an email and we’ll contact you when we are ready to come back to work. If you would like to make a donation to help cover costs of cleaning, visit us here: https://www.tolhps.org/store/p36/Historic_Cemeteries_Restoration_Project.html

10/23/2026

November Speaker Series brings back Tony Musso to talk about his book "Gone but Not Forgotten- Lost Treasures of the Hudson Valley' Monday November 2nd at 7pm in the Highland Public Library
Join us!

10/20/2026

Hey TOLHPS Members! Save The Date!
On Thursday, December 3rd we will be hosting our Annual Year-End Review & Holiday Dinner for our current members. If you are a current member you should have received an email with all the info and an RSVP link. We can't wait to see you there!

If you are not a current member and would like to join us, you can become a member today by heading over to our website and clicking on membership. Joining now will activate your membership for the remainder of 2026, and all of 2027!

https://www.tolhps.org/store/p15/Membership.html

10/05/2026

Update ! It was a great day at the Ferris Cemetery. We had 8 volunteers who worked really hard to place the gravestones onto pallets so they could breath and be assembled like a puzzle. Several members cleaned the stones with water and light brushes so we could positively identify 14 of the 18 markers.
Many thanks to Debra. Eric, Jennifer, Lance, Sue, Alice, and Patrick and Russ for all of their hard work. Tentatively, we will meet again on Saturday October 17th to clean and try to identify the remaining 4 stones. If you would like to help, just send us an email and let us know!
*You can check out the names of the interred here: https://www.tolhps.org/historic-cemeteries-restoration-project.html

09/26/2026

we're sharing a very interesting post by the Preservation League of NYS. We sure know about going slow and doing it one step at a time with the Hendricus Deyo House! But that's how it must be done if you are doing it correctly. Lot's of those little steps are ones that can not be seen, but must be done first. But some of the 'seen' changes will be coming in the near future. Keep watching!

09/25/2026

Update for the Historic Cemetery Restoration Project: We are beginning the process of restoration at the Ferris Cemetery on Saturday, Oct. 3rd, beginning at 10:00am. If you would like to volunteer, or if you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]. And if you would like to see more photos, and the list of the interred, visit us at https://www.tolhps.org/historic-cemeteries-restoration-project.html

09/14/2026

Larry Carr and the authors of the stories & memoirs of "Inspired by Views of Old Highland" will join us to discuss the writers group and the inspiration for the wonderful pieces
written about the photos from our August 2025 exhibit.
Laurence (Larry) Carr is a Hudson Valley writer and editor. His books include: Strides, reflections on 6 acres with
artist Edward O’Hara; Traverse, with artist Power Boothe; Paradise Loft (Lightwood Press/CAPS Press);
Threnodies: poems in remembrance and The Wytheport Tales (Codhill Press). His novel, Pancake Hollow Primer
(Codhill Press), won a Next Generation Indie Book Award. With Codhill, he is the co-editor of A Slant of Light:
Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley (winner of the USA Book Award for Fiction Anthology). He’s
widely published, with plays produced throughout the U.S and Europe. Carr publishes Lightwood, a magazine of
arts and culture at Lightwoodpress.com.Contact at ([email protected])

09/10/2026

Yesterday the board of the TOLHPS had Don Doyle of Gravestone Guardians visit us at the Ferris Cemetery on Maple Avenue. Don gave a 2 hour instructional demonstration on the history of Gravestone Guardians, his personal experiences with repairing and restoring gravestones, and then a demonstration of how to begin the process of preserving the gravestones. You can see the details of one beautiful headstone in the photos. It was a fascinating and informative morning.
Next our Cemetery Committee will begin the process of lifting the stones onto pallets to begin cleaning them with the proper materials. If you are interested in volunteering to help with this project, just send us an email at [email protected]
We have invited Gravestone Guardians back to give a talk at our speaker series at the Highland Library to our sometime in 2027, but until then you can take a look at the wonderful work they do on their website https://gravestoneguardians.org/

07/21/2026

Join us on Monday August 3rd at 7 pm in the Highland Public Library for the next in our speaker series, The Fishkill Supply Depot: Saving the Last Great Revolutionary War Site presented by Lance Ashworth. See you there!

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Highland, NY
12528

Website

http://tolhps.org/

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