2010 Calendar
January
- Sunday January 24, 2010
Cambridge Historical Society's 105th Annual Meeting
2-4 p.m.
The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House, 159 Brattle Street
Election of council, officers and advisors and featuring a talk:
Preserving Four Centuries of New England Homes: Historic New England and Its Stewardship Program by Joseph Cornish, senior stewardship manager for Historic New England.
Joseph Cornish will discuss the history of Historic New England’s stewardship program, which now protects 76 privately owned historic properties across New England. Historic New England has also owned and preserved the Cooper-Frost-Austin House (pictured left), the oldest house in Cambridge, since 1912.
February
- Sunday February 21, 2010 2-4 PM
At 159 Brattle Street
The Cambridge Historical Society is happy to host a program by the Cambridge African American Heritage Alliance: The Next Health Frontier: Chronic Diseases in Africa by Dr. Michelle Holmes, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
- Sunday February 28, 2010 2-4 PM
At 159 Brattle Street
Folk Records
The History of Folk Music in Cambridge
Click here for photos of the event.
March
- Wednesday March 31, 2010
Film screening of Perkins 28: Testimony from the secret court files of 1920 followed by question and answer with Michael Van Devere, the film's director. At the ART Theater - Zero Arrow Street - Harvard Square
Click here for more information.Buy tickets here - $5 non-members, CHS members free (although, please RSVP):
- Sunday March 28, 2010
1-2:30 Starting at the Brattle House (42 Brattle Street) and ending at the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House (159 Brattle Street)
Walking tour of the Tory Row Mansions with the Living Well Network
April
- Dana Fellows Event
Tour of 75 Henry Street in Cambridgeport with owner Frank Shirley, author of New Rooms for Old Houses: Beautiful Additions for the Traditional Home (National Trust for Historic Preservation).
May
- Sunday May 16, 2010
Spring Benefit: The History and Future of Printing in Cambridge at the Athenaeum Press building in East Cambridge
June
- Saturday June 5, 2010
Joint tour of the two oldest houses in Cambridge.
As a part of the celebration of the 100 anniversary of the founding of The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA today Historic New England) the Historical Society will be giving a special tour of the Hooper-Lee-Nichols house and teaming up with Brian Powell who will be giving a special tour of the Cooper-Frost-Austin House. On one afternoon you can see the only two 17th century buildings in Cambridge. - Sunday June 13, 2010
The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House will be open for participants in the "Secret Gardens Tour" hosted by the friends of the Cambridge Public Library.
July
- Open Archives Tour
Featuring a behind the scences look at three archives in Cambridge - More details to come.