19th Century 5/6

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Jerusha Mather Williams Colton (1783 - 1844)

Jerusha Mather Williams was born in 1783 to Ensign Samuel Williams and Lucy Burt. Jerusha's grandfather was the Reverend Stephen...

Betsy McKee

Oct 27, 20222 min read

Joseph A. Hekking "View of the Connecticut River from Pecousic Brook"

This painting of the Connecticut River looking north across present-day Forest Park has been a treasured item of the Longmeadow...

Betsy McKee

Oct 27, 20222 min read

The "Agawam"

The "Dexter", another Connecticut River steamboat The frequently shallow waters of the Enfield Falls challenged boats traveling on the...

Beth Hoff

Oct 27, 20225 min read

Red Sandstone in Longmeadow

We live in a geologically very interesting area in western Massachusetts. The Connecticut River Valley is a rift valley, which means it...

Betsy McKee

Oct 25, 20222 min read

Grace Trowbridge Smith's Scrapbook

This History Note shares a page or two from a scrapbook in our collection once belonging to Miss Grace Trowbridge Smith. It sheds light...

Melissa M. Cybulski

Oct 25, 20222 min read

William Sheldon (1788 - 1871)

Of the many daguerreotypes in the collections of the Longmeadow Historical Society, 10 of them are of this eccentric gentleman. He was...

Betsy McKee

Oct 25, 20222 min read

Shaker Road

Driving around the area, you may have noticed a number of different streets named Shaker Road. Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, and Enfield...

Beth Hoff

Oct 25, 20223 min read

Sarah Storrs, 1832-1907

Today's History Note tells the story of an unsung hero of Longmeadow's cultural life, Sarah Storrs. The Storrs name is a recognizable one...

Melissa M. Cybulski

Oct 24, 20222 min read

A Dip in the "Hat Tub"

Do these hot summer days have you wishing to cool off with a nice bath? Well how would you feel about these two bathing options from...

Melissa M. Cybulski

Oct 24, 20222 min read

Irinda Colton (1803-1870)

This History Note introduces us to an 1820's shopkeeper, Irinda Colton, of Longmeadow. She operated her own shop on State Street in...

Betsy McKee

Oct 24, 20221 min read

Mill Road

Mill Road once connected the south end of the Longmeadow Green to the grist mill and the sawmill on Shaker Road. While an 1822 deed in...

Beth Hoff

Oct 23, 20223 min read

Thomas Francis Cordis, 1843-1915

This week's History Notes shares the letter a 19-year-old Tommy Cordis wrote home to his family in Longmeadow in 1863 during the Civil...

Betsy McKee

Oct 23, 20221 min read

Boarding House for Newell Button Factory Employees

This History Note shares information about the Boarding House for Newell Button Factory employees. The 1860 census inspired this...

Beth Hoff

Oct 23, 20222 min read

Longmeadow Family and Day School for Girls

Have you ever wanted to have automatic admission to an excellent college? If so, then you might have enrolled at the Longmeadow Family...

Beth Hoff

Oct 23, 20222 min read

Braided Straw Hat

In the photo below Dennis Picard is holding an example of a seven strand straw plait (flat braid), known as Dunstable work, after the...

Dennis Picard

Oct 22, 20221 min read

Longmeadow Country Day School for Younger Boys

I. Mansur Beard, a Harvard graduate, believed that boys should be taught by men (not women) in classes of 15 students or less in order to...

Beth Hoff

Oct 22, 20222 min read

One More Face of 734 Longmeadow Street

One additional "face" of the Brewer-Young mansion that lasted for almost 60 years was the one shown in the above photo in which the...

Jim Moran

Oct 22, 20221 min read

The Many Faces of 734 Longmeadow Street

Recently the Longmeadow Historical Society was able to acquire a previously unknown photo of the Wolcott mansion as it appeared in 1890s....

Jim Moran

Oct 22, 20222 min read

Charles Birnie- Horse Breeder

Have you ever wanted to own a horse farm? Charles Birnie did. In 1889, Charles Birnie bought the old Thomas Hale house (corner Booth...

Beth Hoff

Oct 22, 20221 min read

Charcoal Iron

Local historian Dennis Picard holding a charcoal box iron This charcoal or charcoal box iron is of a style developed in the 19th century...

Dennis Picard

Oct 22, 20221 min read

Longmeadow Historical Society

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Jerusha Mather Williams Colton (1783 - 1844)

Joseph A. Hekking "View of the Connecticut River from Pecousic Brook"

The "Agawam"

Red Sandstone in Longmeadow

Grace Trowbridge Smith's Scrapbook

William Sheldon (1788 - 1871)

Shaker Road

Sarah Storrs, 1832-1907

A Dip in the "Hat Tub"

Irinda Colton (1803-1870)

Mill Road

Thomas Francis Cordis, 1843-1915

Boarding House for Newell Button Factory Employees

Longmeadow Family and Day School for Girls

Braided Straw Hat

Longmeadow Country Day School for Younger Boys

One More Face of 734 Longmeadow Street

The Many Faces of 734 Longmeadow Street

Charles Birnie- Horse Breeder

Charcoal Iron

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