June 24, 2026 Submitted By Geri Duff In the fall of 1934, the Hingham Committee on the Purchase of New Fire Apparatus recommended that Hingham buy an Ahrens-Fox pumper, Model N.T. It was delivered June 14, 1935, tested by the New England Board of Fire Underwriters and placed in service at Central Fire on Short …
June 19, 2026 Submitted And Photo By Geri Duff The Hingham Committee for National Safety worked hard during WWII to warn citizens of an impending attack by either airplanes or ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Sirens like the one on this pole peeking over the roof of 55 Kimball Beach Road were scattered about town …
June 10, 2026 Submitted And Photo By Geri Duff Hingham Cordage Company offices were at numbers 31 and 33 Commercial Street in Boston, the factory started by the Fearing and Whiton families was on Central Street in Hingham where Hingham Town Hall stands today. In 1865, there was a fire that destroyed most of the …
June 3, 2026 Submitted And Photo By Geri Duff In the 1893 History of Hingham, Sivret’s Tavern (also known as the Davis – Whiting Tavern) was described as a long house situated as being almost the last building on Main Street before reaching the boundary line West Scituate (now Norwell) and Hingham. Owner James William …
May 27, 2026 Submitted And Photo By Geri Duff There is a sweet little booklet written in 1948 by Alan F. Hersey for the Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance Company. It is called “Historic Hingham”. It is the story of the insurance company interspersed with stories about the town of Hingham. In it is a copy …
May 19, 2026 Submitted And Photo By Geri Duff Turkey Hill Army veteran Joe Saponaro was born in Boston in 1912. In 1947, after WWII, he moved to Hingham with his wife and two children. He bought the land at the top of Turkey Hill while working for the Boston Herald and established the riding stables …
May 13, 2026 by Geri Duff This photo and caption came from a Kimball family album. It was given to the Bare Cove Fire Museum and copied. Later, the Family thought it would be more appropriate at the Hingham Historical Society, and it was sent there. These are the words of Jim Kimball: “The Centre …
May 6, 2026 by Geri Duff This is Bertha Hobart Stringer in her American Red Cross Motor Corps uniform in 1943. Bertha was no stranger to uniforms. She organized the first Hingham Girl Scout Troop in 1917 and the first Hingham Girl Scout Sailing “Mariner” Troop in 1935. During WWII she was deeply involved in …
Old Ship Parish House in 1944 April 29, 2026 By Geri Duff Trying to inspire faith during WWII, “Our Example is Worth a Thousand Arguments” read the sign in 1944 on the Old Ship First Parish House that was built in 1690. In 1977 it was bought by the Hingham Co-operative Bank (now defunct) and …
April 22, 2026 by Geri Duff When the second of the three new fire stations was opened in 1942, the public was invited inside the building for tours. Hanging over the fireplace was a bronze plaque donated by Ira G. Hersey listing all the names of the foremen of the Torrent hand tub fire company …
