In 1884, Windham voters decided to spend some money on a town hearse and also to build a “house” in which it would be sheltered. The hearse cost $400 and the lumber for the hearse house cost $65. Albert Rogers built the structure helped by William Varney. The horse-drawn hearse got a lot of use until about 1914 when the undertaker bought his own horse-drawn vehicle, and that was replaced in the early 1920s by a motorized hearse. For decades the old hearse sat in its house by the corner of Smith Cemetery. In October 2004, Windham Historical Society moved the old coach to its new at the Old Grocery museum across from Corsetti’s Market. Stop in and see it on Thursday mornings. The museum will be open a few more weeks and closed for the winter.