Scroll through the gallery above to view some of the 100 hand-painted New Canaan ornaments that are part of town resident Faith Kerchoff’s collection (the oldest one is the Little Red Schoolhouse, from 1979).
They depict New Canaan buildings, businesses and scenes from throughout the town’s history, and the full collection can be viewed in person at the New Canaan Historical Society. (They also will be on display at the 2015 Holiday Stroll downtown, to be held Dec. 4 and 5.)
For those interested in purchasing ornaments, the 2015 collection is now ready—see this flyer for details on ordering. All proceeds from the ornaments benefit the Historical Society.
Kerchoff creates the wooden ornaments’ designs, and they are painted by a group of about 18 volunteers who meet weekly. The New Canaan tradition goes back nearly 40 years.
would love to by an NCMT ornament. How do i do that if i am not in New Canaan.
It looks like there’s an order form on this page: http://nchistory.org/new-canaan-past-present-ornaments-2015/