Upcoming Programs
Liberal Religion in 19th-century Northampton: The First Church Splits in Two
A Zoom Lecture by Rich West

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 | 7 pm
Northampton, Massachusetts
W.H. Bartlett, Engraving, c. 1837-1838
Historic Northampton trustee Rich West will tell the story of how in the 1820s Northampton’s liberal and conservative Congregationalists struggled to reconcile their theological differences. When they failed, a new church - what is now the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence - came into being.
 
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Sliding Scale Admission: $5-25.

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Exploring Northampton
The Evolution and Transformation of the Northampton State Hospital
Tom Riddell and Barbara B. Blumenthal
Saturday, November 13, 2021 | 11 am - 1 pm Sold out
Sunday, November 14, 2021 | 1 - 3 pm Sold out
Northampton State Hospital
Join Tom Riddell and Barbara Blumenthal, both longtime members of the Northampton State Hospital Memorial Committee and current trustees of Historic Northampton, on a walking tour of the former campus of the Northampton State Hospital. Learn about the property's human and institutional history. 

Pre-registration is required.
Each tour is limited to 20.
Sliding Scale Admission: $5-20.

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The Jews of Paradise and the Shaping of Downtown Northampton (and beyond)
A Zoom Lecture by Penina Glazer

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 | 7 pm
Main Street, Northampton, Massachusetts
Photograph by Harvey Finison
A casual walk down Northampton's Main Street during the 1940s and 50s would have included Federal Hardware, Ziff Package Store, Ann August shops, and David’s Bootery. All of these Main Street shops--and several other businesses nearby--were owned and operated by a small group of Jewish families who settled in Northampton around the turn of the 20th century. Who were these people and why did they choose Northampton? How did they fare here? And how did subsequent generations develop? Historian and Northampton resident Penina Glazer will address these questions and more as she explores the history of Northampton's Jewish community and compares it to other Jewish communities in New England. She will also offer some valuable historical comparisons as the U.S. faces a new set of immigration issues today.
 
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Sliding Scale Admission: $5-25.

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A Walking Tour of Bridge Street Cemetery
with Emma Winter Zeig of Historic Northampton
Friday, November 19, 2021 | 10:00 am Sold Out 
Friday, November 19, 2021 | 1:00 pm Sold Out
Saturday, November 20, 2021 | 10:00 am ​Sold Out
Saturday, November 20, 2021 | 1:00 pm Sold Out
The Bridge Street Cemetery
Photograph by Laurie Sanders
Get to know your historical neighbors in a walking tour of Bridge Street Cemetery.  We will "meet" some Northampton residents--like Revolutionary War patriot Joseph Hawley, Samuel Bartlett of witchcraft accusation fame, Indigenous spinner and weaver Sally Maminash, Sylvia Church a woman who was enslaved in Northampton, and a family who were all killed in the Mill River Flood. Along the way, we will examine changing artisanry and symbolism of gravestone design. 

Pre-registration is required.
Each tour is limited to 15.
Sliding Scale Admission: $5-20.

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