THE TOWN OF HINGHAM SCHOLARSHIP FUND Class of 2020 The Rizzotto Memorial Scholarship: Stori Levarity The Russell Arkell Memorial Scholarship: James Durkin The Cyrus V. & Ada B. W. Bacon Scholarship: Clare Trinchet & William Procter The John and Genevieve Barba Memorial Scholarship: Christopher Setiawan The Robert V. Barbuto and James C. Silippo Memorial Scholarship: …
1914 – Three generations of Kimballs at the office of George E. Kimball Lumber on Summer St. in Hingham Harbor, 1914. The Kimball family – beginning with George E. Kimball pictured here with his family at the turn of the 20th century and continuing to his great-granddaughter Judy – have over the years, graciously donated …
Originally published by the Hingham Historical Society All photos are courtesy of HHS Nestled in the alcove of the Kelly Gallery at the Hingham Heritage Museum sits a musical treasure. This spinnet, or square fortepiano is one of a very small number that were built between 1790 and 1794 by James Henry Houston of Houston …
By: Bob Malme, Archivist, Hingham Historical Society In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and thanks to two binders of the John P. Richardson Collection co-owned by the Hingham Historical Commission and Hingham Historical Society, I would like to introduce the Dalys, one of the town’s earliest Irish immigrant families. Daniel Daly (1825-1911) was born in …
By: Paula Bagger for the Hingham Historical Society Newly inaugurated President George Washington toured the New England states in the fall of 1789, arriving in Boston on October 24 to an elaborate public celebration. A triumphal arch, designed by Charles Bulfinch, was constructed in Washington’s honor at the west end of the Old State House, …
Photo Courtesy of Hingham Historical Society HISTORY MOMENT: ELIZABETH COATSWORTH (1893-1986) by Deirdre Anderson, Executive Director Growing up in Hingham, Elizabeth Coatsworth’s 1946 book The Littlest House was a favorite for my sister, Clare and me. We would check out a copy from the Hingham Public Library and ride our bikes down Summer …
