Cemeteries The Town of Sweden, with the help of volunteers, maintains 13 cemeteries. This includes the Nevers Tomb, where Col. Samuel Nevers and his wife were buried across the road from their home. Col. Nevers was an early settler of the town, coming to the area in 1791. On 19th century maps of Sweden, the [...]
The 1975 Annual Report In commemoration of the nation’s bicentennial, a special Annual Report was issued. This Report was full of historical and annotated photos that are shown below.
Center School The Center School was built by Samuel Nevers (1766-1857) in 1854 on ground donated by his son, Benjamin Nevers (1807-1883). Several generations of Sweden families attended this school from 1854 to 1964. It was closed between 1935 and 1942 when the few neighborhood children attended the school in the Haskell District. The school [...]
Sweden’s Congregational Church was built between 1817 and 1823 with the aid of parishioners including those of the Maxwell, Stevens, Webber, and …
Throughout Sweden’s history, moving buildings when you needed to was not an uncommon practice. Barns were moved in to and out of …