MANCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Events

Woodbridge Farmstead open house

Woodbridge Farmstead 495 Middle Tpke E, Manchester, CT, United States

All welcome to visit the historic barns and grounds, and take a guided tour of the downstairs of the c. 1830 house. Located at 495 Middle Turnpike East, at Manchester Green. Special activities throughout the season, which is generally noon to 2:00 on the second and fourth Sundays of the warmer months. Games and fun […]

Cheney Railroad history walk

Fuss & O'Neill 146 Hartford Rd, Manchester, CT, United States

South to North, meet at the office steps, Fuss & O'Neill, 146 Hartford Road, Manchester. Hikers will trace the route of the former railroad, built in 1869 to connect the Cheney silk mills to the main rail line in the North End. At 2.5 miles, it was the shortest private freight-and-passenger railroad in the United […]

August TV show: Center Park Monuments

Saturdays during August, "Center Park Monuments,” a 34-minute television show recorded on September 17, 2022 in Center Memorial Park, describing the history of each. Guests were Glenn Campellone and Malcolm Barlow, reading about the unveiling of the Civil War statue on September 17, 1877, the fifteenth anniversary of the battle of Antietam. The show airs […]

Event Series Woodbridge Farmstead Open House

Woodbridge Farmstead Open House

Woodbridge Farmstead 495 Middle Tpke E, Manchester, CT, United States

All welcome to visit the historic barns and grounds, and take a guided tour of the downstairs of the circa 1830 house. Located at 495 Middle Turnpike East, at Manchester Green. Special activities throughout the season, which is generally noon to 2:00 on the second and fourth Sundays of the warmer months; extreme weather cancels. […]

Event Series Open House!

Open House

Cheney Homestead 106 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT, 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. Jamie Donahue will present "Back to School," at 2:00 p.m.

$5

August TV show: Center Park Monuments

Saturdays during August, "Center Park Monuments,” a 34-minute television show recorded on September 17, 2022 in Center Memorial Park, describing the history of each. Guests were Glenn Campellone and Malcolm Barlow, reading about the unveiling of the Civil War statue on September 17, 1877, the fifteenth anniversary of the battle of Antietam. The show airs […]

Cheney Railroad history hike

North to South, meeting north of the tracks that intersect Main Street near North Main Street; park at the strip mall at that intersection. Hikers will have an easy, fairly flat, walk along the former railroad, built in 1869 to connect the Cheney silk mills to the main rail line in the North End. At […]

August TV show: Center Park Monuments

Saturdays during August, "Center Park Monuments,” a 34-minute television show recorded on September 17, 2022 in Center Memorial Park, describing the history of each. Guests were Glenn Campellone and Malcolm Barlow, reading about the unveiling of the Civil War statue on September 17, 1877, the fifteenth anniversary of the battle of Antietam. The show airs […]

Event Series Woodbridge Farmstead Open House

Woodbridge Farmstead Open House

Woodbridge Farmstead 495 Middle Tpke E, Manchester, CT, United States

All welcome to visit the historic barns and grounds, and take a guided tour of the downstairs of the circa 1830 house. Located at 495 Middle Turnpike East, at Manchester Green. Special activities throughout the season, which is generally noon to 2:00 on the second and fourth Sundays of the warmer months; extreme weather cancels. […]

August TV show: Center Park Monuments

Saturdays during August, "Center Park Monuments,” a 34-minute television show recorded on September 17, 2022 in Center Memorial Park, describing the history of each. Guests were Glenn Campellone and Malcolm Barlow, reading about the unveiling of the Civil War statue on September 17, 1877, the fifteenth anniversary of the battle of Antietam. The show airs […]