In 1856, 12-year old George Converse, set out into the barn in the back of the first red brick house as you come in to Norwich to build [...]

Ornamental Wreath, made with locks of hair, in the Norwich Historical Society Collection Do you have little envelopes containing locks of hair from your child's first haircut? If so, your [...]

Glass Plate Negative from the NHS Collection In these days where a phone can instantly capture an image and share it far and wide, it can be difficult to imagine [...]

The next time you turn onto Beaver Meadow Road from Main Street imagine Eber N. Clark (1809-1905) with tools and leather in hand fashioning and repairing boots and shoes in [...]

Imagine this holiday season preparing food for your family in a large, open hearth.  That, of course, is what our forebears did having mastered the art of regulating flames and [...]

"Norwich Kite Day" by Kate Emlen Every year on a Friday in May, children from Marion Cross School left early and walked one mile to Huntley Meadow to [...]

It is not surprising that the Norwich Historical Society collection includes quite a few ice harvesting tools such as saws, tongs, and pikes. Before modern refrigeration, foods were kept cold [...]

Norwich Town Hearse, donated to NHS by the Cemetery Commission This hearse was purchased by the Town of Norwich in 1901 from George L. Brownell for $500. Charles [...]

  This folding globe was designed by Dennis Townsend and patented in 1869. Townsend was a school teacher from Felchville, Vermont. His interest was in producing an inexpensive globe that [...]