Online Lecture: “Writing Local History,” presented by Dustin Griffin
Join us online on Saturday, June 19, at 11 a.m. for an informative illustrated lecture on researching local history by Dustin Griffin.
Read MoreOnline lecture – Saturday, May 29, 11 a.m. “The Williamstown Meetinghouse from Yesterday to Today,” presented by Pat Leach
Please join the WHM on Saturday, May 29, at 11 a.m. for a fascinating online lecture on the history of the Williamstown meetinghouse, presented by Pat Leach.
Read MoreSpecial Exhibit: Baseball in Williamstown
Visit our new special exhibit featuring the history of Baseball in Williamstown, opening May 8!
Read MoreThe History of Oblong Road
Oblong Road was one of the earliest parts of Williamstown to be settled, and is the focus of Dustin Griffin’s latest lecture for the museum. Please join us on Saturday, April 17, at 11 a.m. for an online lecture, “The History of Oblong Road.”
Read MoreWHM’s Late Winter 2021 Newsletter
Please enjoy the latest, refreshed edition of WHM’s newsletter! Within it you will find: An article about the first Williamstown summer theater, which preceded the Williamstown Theater Festival by almost 20 years An article about the Stockbridge-Munsee Community and Williamstown’s 1965 Bicentennial An article previewing Patricia Leach’s upcoming lecture on Williamstown’s meetinghouses Information about other upcoming lectures, like Christine DeLucia’s on the meaning of local place names Books on local history available for sale through the WHM… and...
Read MoreWilliamstown’s First Meetinghouse
By Patricia Leach This article was published in our Winter 2021 newsletter. Read more of the newsletter here. In 1765, at the incorporation of our town as “Williams Town,” there was not a true meetinghouse, per se. Services featuring our newly settled minister, Yale graduate Whitman Welch, were held in the young settlement’s log schoolhouse. But soon, as early as 1766, the need for a dedicated meetinghouse was realized. Although it was not an expensive project—its cost was approximately $600 and many white oak trees, a primary building material, were available nearby—construction went...
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