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 …
August 27, 2025 by Geri Duff This is the Canterbury Street School which was built in 1810 and used as an elementary school until about 1940. It was used as District Wardens Post during WWII. District Wardens were stationed all over Hingham and worked out of the GAR Hall, Gov. Andrew’s House, the police station, the three …
August 20, 2025 by Geri Duff In this photo we see about 45 children and their teacher on the grounds surrounding the first West Grammar School on Thaxter Street. This school was built in 1880 and served the families of West Hingham until the second West School was built sometime in the 1930s. The second school was …
August 13, 2025 Geri Duff One area of Hingham that has changed considerably in the past 100 years is West Hingham. Looking from a home on South Street, near Hersey, you can see that Baker’s Hill on the left horizon is bare, the church was Methodist, and the house at the corner of North and Thaxter Street …
August 6, 2025 Geri Duff Charles H. Marble took this photo of John Burr’s Pond at the corner of Leavitt and Spring Streets in 1885. John Burr was one of many Burrs who lived and worked in the Leavitt Street area working as farmers and coopers. The pond is no longer there but the house in front …
July 30, 2025 by Geri duff The first Thomas Loring left England in 1634 and lived for a short time in Dorchester before moving to Hingham a year later. His house was at the corner of North and Ship Streets. Loring moved to Hull after the fire burned down his house in 1645. Eventually his fifth-great grandson …
July 23, 2025 by Geri Duff This is a nice summertime view of the Acadian House so named for the French speaking exiles from Acadia, Canada who lived there for a short time, the name stuck even though it was originally owned by a Cushing and later a Hollis. When Michael J. Shilhan used this view in …
July 16, 2025 by Geri Duff It may look like Deputy Chief Warren Lincoln is mooning the crowd on Hingham Common but in truth he is gearing up at the Firemen’s Muster. Back in the day, during the summer months, Hingham firefighters would compete in various contests testing their skills. A favorite event was “Midnight Alarm” where …
July 2, 2025 Geri Duff When Michael Shilhan proposed a project documenting Hingham through historical photographs, he was given access to many different collections of photos from both private and public sources. He did not realize that when he captured the charm of early Hingham, he also showed that while the physical changes, the people haven’t. Window shopping …
June 18, 2025 Geri Duff June 29, 1946 was the day the Old Burrage Hospital burned on Bumpkin Island. Firefighters and equipment were transported across the harbor by boat. On the right side of the porch, you can see a firefighter on the roof. In the past the Island was used by Native Americans, Colonial farmers, and …
