MANCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Manchester, Center of Historic Architecture

Research
Susan Barlow

Town directories & house info

Town directories, about one per decade. For more, visit the History Center. 1888 “Hanks’ Manchester Directory” 140-page reference book, listing businesses and residents and containing advertisements. Takes a moment to download. Note that abbreviations are listed on page 33 of the directory, which you can directly access by clicking here

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Exhibits
Susan Barlow

The Loom Exhibit

The Manchester Historical Society has obtained two large Jacquard looms, a dobby loom, a narrow-fabric loom, and other textile equipment, and is in the process of creating its Loom Exhibit on the lower level of The History Center, 175 Pine Street. The exhibit will illustrate the significance of textile mills

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Joe, second from left, captain of the South Manchester High School (SMHS) track team, 1928-29.
Historic People
Susan Barlow

Honoring Joe McCluskey

By Rick Dyer, archivist of the Manchester Road Race Committee Spoken at a reception celebrating Joe on Friday, May 19, 2017 Twelve-year-old Joe McCluskey bounds out the front door and onto the porch at 40 Foster Street. There’s a canvass newspaper bag slung over his shoulder. Joe is tall and

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