Join us for a modified 2020 McLain Bash at the Two Mile House on August 28 - 29th! 2020's Bash will be a socially distant whisky tasting. Small groups of […]
Book Group, Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of the Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors by Denise K. Lajimodiere Join us as we read Denise […]
Architectural historian, Jerry Clouse will give a virtual presentation on the barns of Perry County. It is based on the year-long research he conducted for the June 2019 tour which […]
Register at the link below to donate blood to the American Red Cross: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?order=DATE&range=10&zipSponsor=CCHS
Help us tidy the Two Mile House before we start the 2021 rental season! Work will take place in the gardens and inside the house.
Join us in discussing Fire Light: The Life of Angel DeCora, Winnebago Artist by Linda M. Waggoner. Discussion will be over Zoom. Must purchase own copy of the book.
Every year CCHS' Two Mile House hosts a supper party in honor of the J. McLain and Mary Wheeler King family and our region's Celtic past. Whisky tastings, music, delicious food and great friends abound. The party is open to anyone 21 years of age and up. Join us in 2021 for another great time. […]
The Cumberland County Historical Society and the Penn State Master Gardeners are cooperating in a joint effort to celebrate history and horticulture with a program highlighting both. On August 2 at 5:30PM on the ground of the Two Mile House pollinator garden they will be presenting a program Planting in the Shade. The featured speaker […]
Registration Closed No more wishing you could do what the kids do! CCHS will offer a one-day summer camp for adults. This year we will be moving forward to the 1800s with all new crafts, foods, and skills. At the end of a long day of learning and fun, wind down in the shaded gardens […]
Looking for new reading material? Look no further because CCHS' is holding its much anticipated used book sale! We will be having two preview days on September 23rd & 24th in Todd Hall at 21 N. Pitt Street from 10am-4pm. Come to browse and purchase from our selection and stop at our exhibit if you […]
CCHS is featuring a fashion show during its’ Inaugural Annual Gala presented by the Bobby Rahal Automotive Group on October 9, 2021. Inspired by the 2021 exhibit, “A Woman’s Place: The Changing Role of Women in Cumberland County,” CCHS invites regional fashion designers to pull inspiration from our textile collection and reinvent those looks for […]