November 12, 2025 by Geri Duff Joshua Wilder was the first clockmaker to settle in Hingham. He was born in Hingham in1786 and aside for a brief time when he lived in Hanover learning the clockmaker’s trade, he spent his life in Hingham at his trade. From 1820 to 1850 he made and repaired clocks, watches and …
November 5, 2025 By Geri Duff Left to right standing is Ralph W. Leigh and Lemuel Aston Dill, and seated is Capt. of Co. K Ernest E. Lincoln and 2nd Lieut. Of Co. K George Melcher. They all were members of Hingham Engine 1. Lincoln, Melcher and Dill joined Company K, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia and Leigh joined …
October 29, 2025 by Geri Duff At one time Hingham was home to several shipbuilding yards. In 1637 the town granted Thomas Turner land on the westerly side of the harbor, a spot that was known as Goose Point, for a shipyard. Ships were also built near Hersey’s Wharf, Souther’s Shipyard, Hall’s shipyard and Keen’s Shipyard to …
October 15, 2025 by Geri Duff In 1851, Master Mason and contractor, Albert Whiting, built a home at 1192 Main Street. His daughter, Henrietta, ran a lending library for the residents of South Hingham here. In 1950 the barn section was converted into a rest home and by 1975 was a dedicated nursing home. The entire building was …
October 8, 2025 by Geri Duff In the “Anthony Standard Business Directory” (a selection of 11 towns in Plymouth County in 1903), Humphrey Bros. of Hingham and East Weymouth, advertised as a wholesale and retail dealer of groceries, meat, fish, coal, hay, grain, feed, poultry food and supplies, hardware and Sherwin-Williams paints. This photo of the Hingham location …
October 1, 2025 Geri Duff The 100th anniversary of the Torrent engine house was held in February of 1926. Inside the engine house, Company Steward William Clinton Griggs, while keeping warm by the stove said: “this is when time glides peacefully and the old stove yields a grateful warmth.” That was the last quiet moment that day. For …
September 25, 2025 by Geri Duff Here is Mr. Robinson preparing to fill a sack with ground corn in the Hingham Grain Mill. The outside of the Hingham Grain Mill has been photographed many times down through the years. So far only a few of the interior have been seen. In 1643 three men, Anthony Eames, Samuel …
September 17, 2025 by Geri Duff This is the 1964 version of the Hingham Yacht Club. The Hingham Yacht Club was born on November 11, 1895 and in 1905 a small club house was built about where the Victory Statue is on the Hingham Waterfront. In 1928, the club members purchased the former steamboat landing on Downer …
September 10, 2025 by Geri Duff This is a rare look inside the Civil Defense Report Center in the basement of Hingham Town Hall in 1942. At that time the Town Offices were at 14 Main St., Hingham Square. Chief Warden Keelah Bouve, Chief Medical Officer Henry Robinson, Chief Engineer T. Clark Perkins, Firefighter C. Warren Lincoln, …
September 3, 2025 by Geri Duff Hingham had several primary schools in town that were very similar. This one was built in 1850. The Fort Hill School at 56 Fort Hill Street is sometimes mistaken for the Canterbury School. Lucy Harden, who lived on North Street, was the teacher here in the late 1800s. Today it is …
