Program Series continues-
Don't miss our fourth and final program on May 9 on
herbs: tips on growing them and their use in colonial America. Go here for
more information.
Connecticut Open House Day at
Squire's Tavern-
On Saturday June 14 stop by the Squire's Tavern as we participate
in this state-wide event. Go here for
more information.
Squire's Tavern open
on Sundays
The Squire's
Tavern will be open to the public on Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Go here for
more information.
Tag Sale items wanted-
The Historical Society is currently collecting items to sell at
annual tag sale scheduled for May 17, 2008. Can you donate something to help us out?
Go here for more info.
Newsletters
Members of the Barkhamsted
Historical Society receive current copies of our newsletter, the Squire's
Tavern Quarterly. Some earlier newsletters are also
available for
viewing here.
Change made:
Our Squire's Tavern work log has been incorporated into a log
covering all activities of the Barkhamsted Historical Society
at this location.
Old Map of Barkhamsted
Now available for purchase- a reprint of an 1874 map of Barkhamsted.
Click here for more details.
Look!- Tour historic sites in Barkhamsted-
our quick tour is open for business with more to be
added later- Click here to start the
tour.
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Photo above- This is a wonderful photo and a very old
photo by Barkhamsted standards. It shows the September 10, 1879
centennial celebration of Barkhamsted's incorporation as a Connecticut town.
The location is Barkhamsted Center, where over 4,000 people came from all
over the country to attend the festivities. The church steeple in the
background is the Center Church (which currently does not have the top stage
of the belfry shown here). The smaller building was the town hall, now
in use as a home. The person taking this photo is standing where Route
181 is currently located, at the intersection of Day Road, Boettner Road and
Old Town Hall Road. The road shown in the photo would take you east
(going to your right), down to Barkhamsted Hollow, where the Barkhamsted
Reservoir is now located.
Greetings:
The Barkhamsted Historical Society is working to preserve and share
the
history and culture of the Connecticut town of Barkhamsted. In these
pages we hope to share with you information, sights and flavors of Barkhamsted, past and present.
Town of Barkhamsted
Guide to how this site is organized:
 | Town History
This section includes a short
history of Barkhamsted which gives you a good background (not yet
complete but see what we have so far), Also more detailed
Barkhamsted history in a variety of topics (not
much
here yet). Visit the short
tour of some historic sites in Barkhamsted and information on the items in our artifact collection.
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| Town Diary
One of our goals is to record more current history for the benefit
of future generations. To accomplish this, we record one or more events or topics
occurring in each calendar month of the year.
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| Genealogy
Information that may be of help to those working on their family tree, although our
resources in this area are limited at present.
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| Current Activities
Covers
Historical Society news items and/or projects on which we are working.
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| About Us
Information about the Barkhamsted Historical Society, including how to contact
us, how to become a member, copies of
past newsletters, links to other
sites that we thought you'd like to know about and information on
several good books relating to Barkhamsted history.
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| Squire's Tavern
Detailed information on the Squires Tavern Project, which is our
effort to preserve and restore an 18th century building on land in
Peoples State Forest.
View newspaper articles on this
project as well as some historical
background on the property and some of its owners. The
Squire's Tavern work log formerly displayed with this page has been
moved to, and incorporated with, the Barkhamsted
Historical Society Log
which records Squire's Tavern restoration accomplishments and other
Historical Society issues and events.
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