NORWAY — Many remember that Norway had three one-room schoolhouses in town, but how many one-room schoolhouses were in Norway’s countryside? Where was the Pierce School, and what happened to it? Is the Holt school still standing? Find out the answers to these questions and many more on the first annual Norway History Trolley Tour on Saturday, July 12.

Thanks to the Trolley Tour sponsors, tickets are an affordable $15 on sale at Fiber & Vine, at 402 Main Street in Norway. Tours are scheduled at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 2 p.m. Tours will leave from in front of the First Universalist Church, 479 Main Street.

The Norway History Trolley Tour, a collaboration of the Norway Museum & Historical Society (NMHS) and the First Universalist Church of Norway, is researched and designed by the Historical Society’s Sue Denison. Sue will take riders back to the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, as the trolley travels Norway’s country roads around Lake Penneseewassee.

NMHS will use its portion of the funds raised to provide better storage for the objects in its extensive collection. The First Universalist Church will devote half of the funds raised to preserve its historic church building. This tour is a reprise of our first tour in 2015 with new research added. In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic put a stop to the popular annual Norway History Trolley Tours. After a five-year hiatus, the trolley will roll through Norway again.