Annual appeal for donations
2024-05-16 - 2024-07-14 | Manchester History Center, 175 Pine Street, Manchester, 06040, United States
Please consider a donation to the annual fund to support the operations and mission of the Historical Society. A donation in any amount may be mailed to 175 Pine Street, Manchester, CT 06040. If you would like an annual appeal packet mailed to you, please email newsletter@manchesterhistory.org with your home mailing address. Thank you! To read the letter and print out the form: AnnualAppeal2024.

"Tea and Silk" -- presentation by Penny West
2024-06-09 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Manchester History Center, 175 Pine Street, Manchester, 06040, United States
Penny will present an illustrated talk about her great-grandparents, Gustavus Farley Jr. and Katharine Cheney Farley. Katharine, the daughter of the youngest of the Cheneys who founded Manchester’s silk industry, married a tea merchant from Massachusetts, and in 1880, they traveled to Japan, where her husband based his tea-importing firm. There in Yokohama, the 26-year-old bride set up housekeeping, learned Japanese, entered into the British expat society, had a child, bought a building lot in her own name at the Bluff, and designed and built a house with her husband. Free for members, $5.00 for non-members.

Open House
2024-05-12 13:00 - 16:00 | Cheney Homestead, 106 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT, 06040, United States
Usually open 1:00 to 4:00 on the second Sunday of each month except holidays, and also by appointment and for special events. /$5 suggested donation.
