Saturday Sept 9th Annual Meeting at the Riverton Inn 2-4: There will be appetizers and our Anniversary cake. Following a short business meeting Mike Day and Paul Hart will give a special program on the Merrill family in Barkhamsted and our efforts to preserve the Merrill Tavern in Barkhamsted Center. Space may be limited…please RSVP bhs@barkhamstedhistory.us
Old Home Day Sunday Sept 10th 10-2 BHS is partnering with the 1st congregational Church of Barkhamsted, who has been celebrating Barkhamsted’s birthday since its centennial in 1879. 10 AM service followed by old home day annual photo on the portico. Potluck afterwards. Yard games and crafts for children. Location 1st Congregational Church 6 Old Town Hall Rd Barkhamsted CT
Tavern Night is BACK!!!! Save the date Saturday Nov 4th late afternoon we will gather for a time period food, spirits, music and dance. More details to be announced shortly
The School House is open for Summer !
Come and find out what school was like in “the old days.” The Barkhamsted Historical Society’s one room schoolhouse, the old Center School on Center Hill Road (Rt. 181) just north of the intersection with Beach Rock Road in Barkhamsted, will be open the last Sunday of each month May-Sept. from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Ask questions; read the old books; review a high school entrance exam; try your hand at various toys and games, or do some arithmetic problems on a slate.
Prior Events
December 11th: Christmas Open House 1-4.
Travel back in time to Christmas in the 1800’s. See our Tavern decorated as it would have been when the Ullmann’s lived there and enjoy the beautiful music of Greenwoods Consort.
