Originally, Lake Wesserunsett was the summer meeting area of the Kennebec Indians before and during the 1600’s. Written history of the area states that the area was first settled by the Jebediah Hayden family in the early 1800’s. One of the Hayden family heirs, William D. Hayden set aside an area for the use of the Madison Spiritualist Association in 1879 at Hayden’s Grove on the west side of Hayden’s Pond as the lake was then called. Prior to that time, the Spiritualists had been meeting at Richardsons Woods, but getting to the woods was a hardship in those days.

The first two years of meetings were outdoors until a building was constructed in 1882, which is now the Lakewood Summer Theater. In 1895 William D. Hayden bought the building and as a condition of the sale guaranteed that the Spiritualists would always have a place to meet on the campgrounds, and as a result, we now own and meet in a small chapel on Salmon Road on the grounds.
Being surrounded by the good feelings of all the ancestors, pioneers, and people who come to the chapel each summer gives the area a strong spiritual attraction and leaves us with a special place to celebrate Spiritualism each summer.
We welcome everyone and invite those of other faiths to investigate the phenomena and teachings of Spiritualism.