New Ipswich Historical Society

23 Main St

New Ipswich, NH 03071

Summer Program, 2015

New Ipswich Summer Program 2015
New Ipswich Summer Program 2015

Two-day event at the New Ipswich Historical Society, (23 Main Street, New Ipswich, NH 03071) and Historic New England’s Barrett House, (79 Main Street). Join us for some or all of these free activities.

 

Both days, the Society will be open from noon until 4:00 p.m. Barrett House will also be open for downstairs-only tours on those days. The overall objective of the event is to introduce visitors, especially those from the local community, to the resources available for researching, understanding, and interpreting local houses, schools, mill buildings, and landscapes. Visitors will be offered free copy photographs of their houses, a walking tour of the National Register Center Village Historic District, and a lecture on Sunday afternoon by Jennifer Goodman, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. The lecture is sponsored by a grant from the Stearns Burton Lecture Fund.

 

Event details:

  • Saturday and Sunday—both the Historical Society and Barrett will be open from 12-4 p.m., with tours of Barrett every half hour. (The Society will close at 2 p.m on Sunday during the lecture). 
  • Saturday, 1:30-3:00 p.m. Walking tour of the Center Village Historic District, led by Greg Hanselman, an author of the 1992 Historic District nomination.  Select residents of houses in the district will be on hand to comment on their houses during the tour.
  • Exhibition of historic photographs and historic maps of New Ipswich both days. Visitors will also be able to research the histories of their own houses, using Historical Society collections and reference materials. Historic photographs of significant New Ipswich architecture will also be on view in the Carriage Barn at Barrett House.
  • Sunday, 2:00 p.m.—Jennifer Goodman, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance will present a program in the Barrett Carriage Barn, “These Places Matter: Celebrating the History and Significance of New Ipswich and Other New Hampshire Towns.” Free and open to the public; refreshments to follow


 OFFICERS

 

President, John Rosenfelder

Vice President, Daniel Ziarnik-Case

Treasurer, Patricia Lage

Secretary, Margaret Lee

 


2023 NIHS President's Letter

 


UPCOMING PROGRAMS

 The Salem Witchcraft Trials and ‘Moldy Bread’: A Case Study in Fake News

Presented by Margo Burns

Date is Sunday, Oct 29th at  2 pm

Location:
New Ipswich Library
6 Main Street

New Ipswich, NH


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IMPORTANT EVENTS

Historic District Marker Unveiled

 

A new bronze marker for the Central Village Historic District was unveiled on Saturday, December 9, 2017 by members of the Historical Society.  The marker was obtained from a grant from Historic New England, a donation from the  New Ipswich Historical Society, as well as, an anonymous donor.  We would like to thank those who funded this project, as well as, the New Ipswich Selectman for approving the location of the marker on the town owned property at the corner of Turnpike Road and Main Street.  Also, a special thank you to the New Ipswich DPW for installing the marker.

 


Annual Meeting

 

New Ipswich Historical Society Annual Meeting

The NIHS Annual Meeting was held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 21, 20223 at the Barrett House Barn(79 Main Street, New Ipswich). 

Click here for more information.

 


2023 NIHS Hours

 

2023 hours

Second and Fourth Saturdays

1pm-3pm

Our opening days for 2023 starting June 10th coincide with the Barrett House Opening so that you can visit both if you so choose. The last weekend will be October 14th, 2023.

 


Whatever happened to?

Ellen Barr, a girl from New Ipswich!


 

Contact US

For more information about membership, programs, or research inquiries, please contact us at info@newipswichhistoricalsociety.org. or call John Rosenfelder at 603.878.3487.

You can also find us on FaceBook !