Built by one of the Goold family members who lived at the corner of Nash Road and Windham Center Road, and used by William Goold as a tailor shop, the Old Grocery was moved to its current location in 1838. The 30-by-50 foot building. later was sold to Alley Hawkes, and was a cobbler shop, a grain store and grocery. The Historical Society has the old Hawkes sign. Other owners over the years included the local theater group and a garden club.

In 1997 the building was transferred to Windham Historical Society. The Society replaced the roof, sills, windows, part of the floor and spent over $10,000 and hundreds of hours of volunteer labor to create the Old Grocery Museum. Hundreds of visitors have enjoyed taking a look at Windham’s past via the artifacts on display. An adjacent shed has housed the horse-drawn hearse that the town used more than a century ago.

The “Old Grocery” is now closed. Plans for this historic structure include moving it to the Historical Society’s property (Village Green), where it will be set on a foundation and “fitted up” to be available as a museum open to the public.

Moved to its current location in 1838, the Old Grocery will move again to the Village Green.