In the early 1900's Mr. Burton P. Merwin operated the cider press and sold cider.

In addition to the press itself, the Society was fortunate to obtain Merwin's "one-lunger" gas engine which was to power the cider press. The mill machinery was donated to the Society in the Fall of 1988 by Mr. Joseph Barata and Mrs. Evelyn Barata Lee, in remembrance of Mrs. Barata.

The society quickly recognized the need for an appropriate storage and/or display area. Ideally the pieces would demonstrate the local use of powered machinery in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was hoped that we would actually produce cider.

After an uphill battle we finally obtained approvals for the Cider Press shed four years after the original donation. The foundation was laid in the winter of 1991-1992 and the press was finally moved from its "temporary" home. In the fall of 1992 the post and beam frame was raided by Jeff and Ellis Bradley of New England Outbuildings with the assistance of many Weston Kiwanians and Society members.

By late spring of 1993, the walls of the Shed were completed. Unfortunately because of health reasons, we were never able to produce the cider that we had hoped.