History

Over 130 years ago, in 1891, five young men built a small boathouse and dock on Cream Hill Lake where the clubhouse presently stands. The prime movers were two sons of the Reverend Samuel Scoville, a summer resident who had been born in Cornwall: Samuel Scoville Jr., age 19, and William H. Scoville, age 18. They involved their cousin Samuel R. Scoville, age 25, who owned the land, along with Charles L. Gold, age 28, who controlled the lake's dam serving his grist and saw mill downstream. The fifth founder was John E. Calhoun, age 32, a close friend of Charles with an interest in another lakefront property.

These five owners generously allowed their boathouse to be used by neighbors. Samuel Jr. was an avid swimmer who crossed the lake and back at age 12 and repeated the feat at least once a year for the next fifty years.

The original bylaws limited membership to 30 members and their families. Year-round residents were active voting members; summer residents were associate non-voting members. Membership was limited to owners or renters of property contiguous to the lake or to Cream Hill. Annual dues were $5.

The Association was formally incorporated in 1940 and has grown steadily since, while remaining true to its founding purpose: the preservation of the natural beauty of Cream Hill Lake and the maintenance of a place where Cornwall families can come together on the water.