JAY – The Crafts-Holmes Homestead atop Jay Hill will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14.

The event is hosted by the Jay Historical Society, and there is no admission, President Dorothy White said.

The new paper museum housed in the Operation Lifesaver caboose will be a feature of the day. Chairwoman Sherry Judd says pictures of the Otis paper mill from the early 1900s and instruments associated with papermaking will be on display. Also featured at the caboose will be the youth-oriented Railroad Crossing Safety Program under the direction of Armand LeBlanc.

Complementing the papermaking theme will be a display of Lionel Richard’s collection of pictures and artifacts from Riley, a community centered about an International Paper mill on the Androscoggin River. A group of former Riley residents led by Rosemary Morrison is assembling material for a history of the town. A T-shirt picturing Riley will be on sale, with all profits dedicated to this book about Riley.

The homestead, built about 1820, is federal in style with many original features. Housed on the grounds are displays of Jay High School class pictures, old-time farm tools, a model general store, one-room school, and artifacts from the North Jay granite quarries.

Volunteer firefighters from the Jay fire company will open the Brad Crafts Firemen’s Museum. Plans are being made by the Jay Historical Society to offer Indian pudding, ice cream, hot dogs and soda for sale. Other sale items will include attic treasures and “There Was a Land,” a book about a community that was destroyed when Flaggstaff Lake was created.

The homestead is on Route 4. More information may be obtained by calling Eleanor Currier at 645-2732.