“Crystal Products of the Frost King:” Ice Harvesting and the Natural Ice Industry in New England

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

Photo: The PA & HD Crombie Klondike Ice Company was located on Freshwater Pond in the Thompsonville section of Enfield. An unidentified worker, Peter A. Crombie, Sr., and Francis Crombie Sr., at age 11, are collecting ice on Freshwater Pond in this circa 1915 photo. North Main Street is in the background. Dennis Picard will[...]

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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. Thousands of artifacts, photographs, and documents are on display or are in our publicly accessible archives for you to see. Our friendly volunteers are here[...]

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. Thousands of artifacts, photographs, and documents are on display or are in our publicly accessible archives for you to see. Our friendly volunteers are here[...]

William Webb, An African American Civil War Soldier from Connecticut

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

Join the Enfield Historical Society as Kevin Johnson portrays William Webb, an African American Civil War soldier from Connecticut. Kevin Johnson’s portrayal of Webb is told from an emotional and exciting first-person perspective that vividly illustrates the struggle of the African-Americans in the Colored Infantry during the Civil War. He tells of his early life[...]

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. Thousands of artifacts, photographs, and documents are on display or are in our publicly accessible archives for you to see. Our friendly volunteers are here[...]

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. Thousands of artifacts, photographs, and documents are on display or are in our publicly accessible archives for you to see. Our friendly volunteers are here[...]

Wallop School Museum Open House

Wallop School Museum 250 Abbe Road, Enfield, CT

Built about 1800 to replace an earlier schoolhouse, the Wallop School Museum was one of the last one-room schools in use in Connecticut. Today it is a place to learn what school was like in the days before the Internet or even electricity and plumbing. Our friendly volunteers are here to help you practice your[...]

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. Thousands of artifacts, photographs, and documents are on display or are in our publicly accessible archives for you to see. Our friendly volunteers are here[...]

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. Thousands of artifacts, photographs, and documents are on display or are in our publicly accessible archives for you to see. Our friendly volunteers are here[...]

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. Thousands of artifacts, photographs, and documents are on display or are in our publicly accessible archives for you to see. Our friendly volunteers are here[...]

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. Thousands of artifacts, photographs, and documents are on display or are in our publicly accessible archives for you to see. Our friendly volunteers are here[...]

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. Thousands of artifacts, photographs, and documents are on display or are in our publicly accessible archives for you to see. Our friendly volunteers are here[...]