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The Ford Annex, which houses carriages and other
horse drawn vehicles, was built through the generosity of Henry Ford and
dedicated in 1924. The printing office and equipment of Lewis Blackmer,
editor and publisher of the Belchertown Sentinel was added later to the
grounds.
The Stone House Museum contains superb examples of
furniture, china and decorative accessories made in the 1700’s and
1800’s. Its textile collection contains samplers, early crewel work,
linens, quilts and an extensive selection of period clothing. The archives
contains a collection of early town and church documents, diaries,
manuscripts, ledgers, genealogical records, military records, records of
town organizations, early business establishments and a large collection
of photographs. History lives in the records of the past. The
Association still continues to pursue its original mission in collecting
and preserving the history of Belchertown.
The Board of Trustees
2007 - 2008
President: Thomas Stockton
1st Vice President: Cheryl Dutton
2nd Vice President: Carol Mierzewski
Secretary: Lisa Watts
Treasurer: Linda Barron
Other Members of the Board:
William Barnett NEW
James Chevalier
Phyllis Ferriter
Marianne Gambaro
Shannon Materka
Joy McCarron |
Florine Neggers
Sally Shattuck
Denise Smith
Kenneth Snow NEW
Elizabeth Taras |
Many thanks for dedicated service to members rotating off the board:
Marnie Henneman
Annie Maziarz
The Annual Meeting of the BHA -
April 29, 2007
The "Call to the Meeting" of the Belchertown Historical Association is
held on the 28th day of April in each year, or as close to this date as
possible, as determined by the Trustees. (The 28th day of April 1740
was the date of the first legal meeting ever held in Cold Spring.)
At this meeting, members of the association elect Trustees and Offices of
the Board; vote on any changes to the By-Laws and discuss
any other business as is put forth on the agenda.
About Belchertown, MA
A summary of the history of
the Town of Belchertown originally written in 1960 by Kenneth A.
Dorey was revised in 2005 by Shirley Bock,
Doris Dickinson and Dan Fitzpatrick specifically for the
Town
of Belchertown web
site.
Included are the following sections:
I. THE BEGINNINGS
II. EARLY SETTLEMENT
III. THE EARLY DAYS
IV. THE TOWN GROWS
V. EARLY INDUSTRY
VI. MILITARY HISTORY
VII. NOTABLE PEOPLE
VIII HISTORIC HOMES
IX. PLACES OF INTEREST
X. EDUCATION THROUGH THE YEARS
XI. BELCHERTOWN STATE SCHOOL
XII. BELCHERTOWN WATER DISTRICT
XIII. BELCHERTOWN SEWER DISTRICT
XIV. NOTES
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