Martha Parsons House Museum Open

Martha Parsons House Museum 1387 Enfield Street, Enfield, CT

Built in 1782, the Martha Parsons House Museum is a beautiful old New England home filled with generations of Parsons family heirlooms.  Much more than that, it was home to[...]

Thompsonville’s Strand Theatre and Enfield’s Other Movie Theaters

Fellowship Hall, Enfield Congregational Church 1295 Enfield Street (Route 5), Enfield, CT

While many people fondly remember Thompsonville's Strand Theatre (later the Enfield Cinema) on North Main Street, it was not the only movie theater in Thompsonville.  Nor was it the first. [...]

Free

History on the Go! Changing Boundaries Trail Museum Tour

Old Town Hall Museum 1294 Enfield Street, Enfield, CT

For one special afternoon, Enfield joins with the Massachusetts towns of Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Wilbraham, and Hampden as part of the History on the Go! Changing Boundaries Trail Historical Museum[...]

Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em

Fellowship Hall, Enfield Congregational Church 1295 Enfield Street (Route 5), Enfield, CT

Presentation by author and Enfield Historical Society president Peter F. Sorenson. Return with us to the time when Thompsonville, Connecticut, was the Boxing Mecca of the Northeast. We will begin[...]

Free

Patented in Enfield

Fellowship Hall, Enfield Congregational Church 1295 Enfield Street (Route 5), Enfield, CT

Presentation by Enfield Historical Society member Michael Miller. Enfield has always been home to creative and ingenious people.  Innumerable inventions have been born of their genius.  And many of our[...]

Free

TERRY’S ISLAND: The Gathering Ground of the 1873 “Band Wagon”

Fellowship Hall, Enfield Congregational Church 1295 Enfield Street (Route 5), Enfield, CT

Presentation by author and Enfield Historical Society member William Fournier. An Historical Research Documentation of the Great(est) Island of the Connecticut River TERRY’S ISLAND TELLINGS OF THE TIMELINES, TITLES, TALES[...]

Free

Enfield’s Rivers & Streams

Fellowship Hall, Enfield Congregational Church 1295 Enfield Street (Route 5), Enfield, CT

Photo: Hazard Powder Company dam on the Scantic River.  The Powder Mill Barn is in the center background. Join Enfield Historical Society Member Jim Malley for a presentation on Rivers,[...]

Free

The Pilch Poultry Breeding Business

Fellowship Hall, Enfield Congregational Church 1295 Enfield Street (Route 5), Enfield, CT

Join the Enfield Historical Society for an informative and entertaining program about our shared history. Chester and Frank Pilch were household names in Enfield during the mid-20th Century. Chet learned the[...]

Free

Old Town Hall Museum Open

Old Town Hall Museum 1294 Enfield Street, Enfield, CT

The Old Town Hall Museum is the Enfield Historical Society’s flagship museum.  Here you will find three floors of exhibits telling Enfield’s story from the days of dinosaurs to today.[...]

Old Town Hall Museum Open

Old Town Hall Museum 1294 Enfield Street, Enfield, CT

The Old Town Hall Museum is the Enfield Historical Society’s flagship museum.  Here you will find three floors of exhibits telling Enfield’s story from the days of dinosaurs to today.[...]