Hillside Cemetery
Jeff Brand2023-01-10T07:27:27-07:00The Hillside-Loveland Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Norwich with over 2,000 sites. This land was previously owned by the Loveland family, hence the name, and the cemetery was [...]
Norwich Historic Landmarks
Jeff Brand2025-08-06T12:32:11-07:00Norwich Pool Tracy Hall St. Francis of Assisi Church The Loveland House Marion Cross School The Lewis House [...]
Foraging in the Fields and Forests of Norwich
Jeff Brand2023-01-23T08:05:06-07:00Foraging in the Fields and Forests of Norwich Presented by Brie Swenson, Norwich Recreation Department and Craig Layne, Norwich Conservation Commission. Originally presented on February 24, 2022. [...]
Annual Meeting and Talk
Jeff Brand2023-03-24T13:37:07-07:00February 23, 6:00pm (on zoom-and free) Register by clicking here What a year it has been! Join us for our 2023 Annual Meeting. We will have a brief meeting [...]
About the Norwich Historic Preservation Commission
Jeff Brand2022-01-04T12:08:43-07:00The Norwich Historic Preservation Commission (NHPC) is a municipal commission that seeks to raise appreciation of the Town's historic landscapes, sites, structures, and people from all cultures. We champion the [...]
Online Exhibit: Norwich’s Vandalized Bible-Mending the Spaces Between
Jeff Brand2025-02-06T08:39:03-07:00Prompted by the discovery of a vandalized Bible in the Norwich Historical Society’s collection, 22 artists and poets respond to the theme “Mending the Spaces Between.” Their work responds [...]
The Cut Bible: Test page
Jeff Brand2021-11-05T13:43:38-07:00Norwich Historical Society Exhibition Call for Entries Norwich Historical Society is seeking submissions of art that expresses the theme of Mending the Spaces Between for a [...]
Aunt Ella’s Diary: Old-Time Religion (#6)
Jeff Brand2021-11-01T11:58:27-07:00What did religion mean for Ella and her relatives? Funeral services were held for Ella Lodisa Sargent in 1940 at the Norwich Congregational Church. However, earlier [...]
Aunt Ella’s Diary: Transportation (#5)
Jeff Brand2021-11-01T11:56:52-07:00How did Ella Get Around? Ella's diaries between 1884 and 1922 mention the various forms of transportation that she and her neighbors used in Norwich and [...]
Aunt Ella’s Diary: Summer Meals on the Farm (#4)
Jeff Brand2021-11-01T11:55:12-07:00In Ella's time there was no running to Dan and Whit's to grab supper. Just about everything they ate came off the farm. Cooking was on [...]