St. Mary's County Historical Society [MD]

Description

The St. Mary's County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of St. Mary's County, Maryland, known as the "Mother County of Maryland." Historic Tudor Hall, once visited by George Washington, houses the society's museum collection and research center; while the Old Jail, built in 1858, is another museum exhibit venue. The research center includes access to maps, surveys, business records, water district and government records, club and organization minutes, school records, diaries, marriage licenses, music, ships' lists, newspaper clippings, family genealogies, letters, almanacs, telephone directories, postcards, family movies, friendship cards, military records, church records, paintings, Bibles, and other books.

The society offers exhibits and historical outreach presentations. Please confirm dates of visitation.

Frontier Historical Society [CO]

Description

The Frontier Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. To this end, the society operates a museum of local history.

The society offers museum exhibits and guided tours, guided walking tours of historic downtown Glenwood Springs, archives, slide shows, historical presentations, and traveling trunks for elementary education.

Hope Lodge [PA]

Description

Visitors to Hope Lodge can enjoy seeing two historic time periods side by side. Some rooms are furnished in the Colonial style (1743–1770). Other rooms are shown in the Colonial Revival style (1922–1953). Hope Lodge is the only house museum in Pennsylvania devoted to these two periods.

The site offers tours, educational programs, and occasional recreational and educational events (including living history events).

Simpson County Archives & Museum [KY]

Description

The Simpson County Archives & Museum preserves court documents, tax records, marriage records, wills, deeds, family histories, old scrapbooks, Bibles, manuscripts, census records, funeral home records, local papers, maps, photographs, obituaries, and memorabilia for the Simpson, Allen, Logan, and Warren Counties of Kentucky. The organization is housed in a historical jail and jailer's residence.

The organization offers guided tours and a grant application.

Historic Warehouse District Development Corporation [OH]

Description

The Historic Warehouse District Development Corporation seeks to bolster the vitality of Cleveland, Ohio's previous commercial center. Prior to the 1850s, this area served as Cleveland's residential section. Over time, it shifted to hold warehouses, small businesses, and offices for the iron, coal, railway, and shipping industries. By the 1920s, this section of the city had grown to include a garment district, rivaling the garment production of New York City at that time.

The Historic Warehouse District Development Corporation offers guided and self-guided neighborhood walking tours.

Northern Indiana Center for History [IN]

Description

The Northern Indiana Center for History includes a 38-room Victorian mansion and gardens, a cottage interpreted with 1930s interiors, a children's museum, and galleries covering local and Notre Dame history. The mansion, known as Copshaholm, was owned by J.D. Oliver, president of Oliver Chilled Plow Works. Built in 1895-96, the architecture is Romanesque Queen Anne in style, and the interior furnishings are original. Highlights include works by Bartolozzi (1725-1815), famed Italian engraver, and American sculptor Lorado Taft (1860-1936). The Dom Robotnika, erected in the 1870s, is an example of quarters like those in which factory workers from the Oliver Chilled Plow Works might have lived. Other offerings include archives, the Kidsfirst Children's Museum, the Ernestine M. Raclin Gallery of Notre Dame History, and the Voyages Gallery of Local History.

Copshaholm offers an introductory video and guided tours. The society also offers a variety of themed educational programs, covering the fur trade, Civil War, and cabin life in the 1830s. Tours are also available in the Dom Robotnika, the Worker's Home; the Kidsfirst Children's Museum; Voyages: Exploring the History of the St. Joseph River Valley; and the Ernestine M. Raclin Gallery of Notre Dame History. School programs and tours meet state educational standards.

Brown County Historical Society [WI]

Description

The Brown County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Brown County, Wisconsin. To this end, the society operates the Hazelwood Historic House Museum. This structure was built in 1837 by Morgan L. Martin, who served as president of the state convention which drafted the Wisconsin state constitution in 1847, and today houses 10 period rooms of Victorian-era artifacts.

The society offers guided tours of the house and of the historic Astor Neighborhood.

Gresham Historical Society [OR]

Description

The Gresham Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Gresham, Oregon and the surrounding area. To this end, they operate three facilities—The Gresham History Museum, The Pauletta Ewalt Memorial Brick Wall which stands on the site of the old Gresham Pioneer Church, and a replica of Linnemann Station.

The museum offers exhibits.