Norwich’s story of modern architecture begins with three pioneers of modern design: Walter Curt Behrendt, Walter Gropius, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Walter Curt Behrendt was a German architect and authority [...]
Modern Architecture Comes to Norwich There was little new building in Norwich during the period of population loss in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and as a result [...]
Polly Forcier, Quilter In 1949, having outgrown the Vestry that once stood on Main Street, the Norwich Congregational Church inaugurated the lively Norwich Fair to [...]
Susanna Reed, Quilter In 1817, the current Congregational Church building was constructed, facing west across Main Street and up Elm Street. Thomas Emerson purchased a bell for [...]
The Norwich and Hanover Historical Societies have teamed up to offer a series of lectures and walking tours in conjunction with the current exhibit, Mad for Mid-Century Modern. Join us. [...]
In 1976 the Norwich Women's Club members pieced a quilt in recognition of the country's bicentennial. Each week this fall we will be sharing photographs and stories related to the quilt [...]
Elizabeth Emerson wasn’t the only Norwich resident to head west during the nineteenth century.As Kevin scanned photographs from our Main Street file, I was reminded of a story. A few [...]
While looking through the Main Street file, I came across this note on the back of a photograph of the Thomas Emerson House, which now [...]
Automobiles pictured in the photographs of the Norwich Historical Society’s collection can provide interesting glimpses of what was being driven in Norwich over the years. They can also help us [...]
There are many historic buildings lining Norwich’s Main Street, reflecting different eras of the past as well as the specific families who have lived and worked in them. The 1869 [...]