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. [...]
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 [...]
It is always fun to open up the mailbox and find a postcard- a snapshot of another place, a memory we can hold in our hands. However, while few of [...]
Last week, while digitizing the Elm Street photographs, I came across this image of the Reverend Nathan Round Nichols and his family playing a game of croquet on the lawn of their [...]
About a hundred years ago, a photographer, whose shadow can be seen in some of these images, captured scenes of daily life on the Bragg Farm, owned by the family [...]
As I started to scan the Norwich Historical Society’s collection of street scenes, the names of streets I looked through were mostly familiar- Beaver Meadow, Bragg Hill, Union Village, Hazen... [...]
June 22, 2024 [raindate, Juen 23] 11am - 3pm This garden designed by Bill Noble is on the tour. Explore three beautiful properties, all [...]