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Waterford, PA  is the site of the original French Fort LeBoeuf, founded  in 1753 and visited by George Washington. This Fort went on to become a British and American Fort.  On this property, now sits the Eagle Hotel, the Amos Judson House, and the Fort LeBoeuf Museum. The Historical Society was founded in 1973, expressly to save the Eagle Hotel as there were efforts underway to tear down this stunning piece of history. This small but tenacious team encountered a new challenge when the state decided to no longer maintain the Amos Judson House and the Fort LeBoeuf Museum in 2015. This continues to challenge our small organization financially to maintain and preserve these amazing buildings. One of our income streams comes from the privately owned Sugar and Spice Hotel, housed in the Eagle Hotel.  The rental of the restaurant helps, but is not enough to carry all the financial burden of the campus.

Some of our fundraising efforts, include:

  • Purse Bingo
  • Pierogi Fundraiser
  • Monthly Public Markets
  • Waterford Heritage Days
  • Golf Outings
  • Walking Tours
  • Paranormal Events
  • Witches Tea
  • Fort LeBOO Fest
  • Holiday House Tours
  • Colonial Christmas

Check our calendar for dates and times, and follow our Facebook page for more event details.

We also have gifts shops unique to each building, and work hard to find grants and monies available from the private sector.

Last, but certainly not least, the campus depends on the generosity of the public. Please consider helping us by leaving donations at our various locations or right here by clicking the button below.  If you would like to designate a specific building to receive your donation, please write that in the special instructions box on the donation page. Otherwise, your donations will be used for the most needed work at the time.

To learn more about our work and buildings, visit our Facebook Page, to stay on top of our events and also, to enjoy our “Walk and Talk Around Waterford” Facebook Live Series, showcasing People, Properties, and Events.





Wish List Item

We are also looking for items that you may have in your house that you are looking to donate. The following is a list of those items. If you have something else to donate that you think we could use, but it is not on the list, please contact us via email at [email protected]. Thank you for your support!

  • Shelving Units – to store decorations and artifacts that are not currently on display
  • Metal bookcases – to house our genealogy and historical books
  • Christmas trees, garlands, lights and ornaments – to decorate the campus
  • Wooden chairs – to replace the unfixable ones for the Eagle Hotel restaurant
  • Period costumes – all sizes for our volunteers to wear
  • Cotton material – to make period costumes
  • Historical artifacts to display – these can be on loan (short or long-term) or gifted
  • White latex paint
  • Stacking chairs – for the FLB Center
  • 12′ x 12′ Popup Canopys – several of our were destroyed in a wind storm
  • 6′ plastic tables
  • 18 quart roasters – a couple for events at the FLB Center
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Current Special Projects

Certified Colonial Teaching Garden

We are working on building a Certified Colonial Teaching Garden in the open space behind Washington Park. This garden will contain flowers, fruits, herbs and vegetables which will be used to offer classes in cooking, canning and preserving. We also hope to add a Farm to Table dinner in the Fall as an additional fundraising event for the garden. Our hope is to offer additional teaching opportunities to the school students with a potting shed, rain water recycling barrels, and compost bin. At this stage, we are trying to get water piped into the area to aid in the future care of the plants and trees before we start building raised-bed gardens and walkways.

Campus Security System

We are in need of a security system as we have had some vandalism problems in the past. The more we invest our limited funds into the campus, the more concern we have about protecting those investments. The security system is a priority for the campus, but it comes with a hefty price tag. We are looking to raise funds for that much needed investment.

Fort LeBoeuf Center

We completed the purchase of the old Adelines building next to Joe’s Auto Parts. Our hope is to house a gift shop, an office, a classroom and an event space within it. This building will also provide much needed storage for the society. We will be providing computer access in the classroom to allow people to do historical and genealogical research.

There are other “wishlist” items for our sites, but we need to wrap up some of the current projects first.