historian, teacher
Born in Rutland, Vermont Sumner “Sam” Webber #41, has lived in Hallowell essentially his entire life. For the last 28 years he has been the city’s official historian, a position that was created because he had such vast knowledge abut our city’s past.
He has conducted annual historical tours, cataloged documents, answered genealogical queries, and even built parade floats.
He was the first curator at Augusta’s Old Fort Western from 1973 to 1981.
Sam, was no end of help for the mural content. I could not have done this mural without him.
artist, Chris Cart
author, historian
Sam Webber has a vast and irreplaceable store of knowledge about Hallowell history both recent and long past.
Fortunately, Sam Webber has written several works about the city’s past, including a booklet on Hallowell schools of the 1870s; a memoir of his own childhood, Black Cat and Other Stories: Recollections of My Childhood in Hallowell, Maine during the 1940s; and stories about other people who lived in the city, Reflections & Recollections: Celebrating Hallowell’s 250th, 1762-2012.
He was a teacher of U.S. history and other subjects for 33 years at Hall-Dale High School, retiring in 1996. He has also been a Hallowell city councilor, president of the Row House historic preservation group, a member of the Friends of Hubbard Free Library board, a leader of guided historical tours, and a city election worker.
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