Hidden History: A Walking Tour
with Betty Sharpe, Co-director, Historic Northampton
Friday, September 19, 2025 at 10 am
​Friday, September 26, 2025 at 10 am
​Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 10 am
​Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 10 am
Photo by Lewis Hine of newspaper boys on Market Street, Northampton, August 1912. Courtesy of the National Child Labor Committee Collection, Library of Congress.
Many of today’s familiar locations in downtown are the sites of historical events which are no longer remembered but which ought to be.

Join co-director Elizabeth Sharpe as we visit sites where moments of injustice, political division, and social progress  took place, including where:

  • Mary Bliss Parsons lived when she was accused of witchcraft in the late 1600s,
  • formerly enslaved Moidore and Boston lived,
  • Frederick Douglass spoke in 1844,
  • the first weddings of same-sex couples took place in 2004, and much more.
Pre-registration is required. | Each walk is limited to 12. | Sliding Scale Admission: $15-25.