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, Brooks and Ponds in Enfield. The presentation will trace the map location and the naming of the waterways. The program will also look at how[...]
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 art of chick “sexing” which brought him success early on in life, and he turned that into an extremely successful business model. Frank became a[...]
Enfield Historical Society members will receive business meeting information and invitations by mail. Anyone interested in joining is welcome to attend. The business meeting will begin promptly at 7 P.M. The program will follow at about 7:20 P.M. Enfield: Mills & Farming Town to Malls & Industrial Parks In the past century, Enfield has undergone[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
