Springfield Past
Springfield Past is a display that is complementary to the Gilded Age, the Timeline and Springfield Today. The display includes over fifty photographs about the Town of Springfield’s past, blending into the present. The map which accompanies the photographs is coded to show where schools, businesses, estates, churches and recreation were located, some remaining today,some […]
The Timeline: The Town of Springfield was founded in 1797
The Town of Springfield was founded in 1797 In celebration of the 225th anniversary of the founding of Springfield, the Springfield Historical Society created a Timeline tracing the history of the town. The Timeline begins with the early settlements, moves through the Revolutionary Period and later, the building of the Western Turnpike. Springfield witnessed a […]
Springfield School Districts (1868)
This recently installed exhibit presents an 1868 map of the Springfield School Districts in existence at that time. Surrounding the map are photographs of different local schoolhouses identified with their district number. The map reflects the location of the schools by district numbers. The exhibit hangs in the hallway outside the Jane Doyle Prior History […]