Event:

Al Boehm talk “In Search of the 1757 Meetinghouse: How a Bridge Divided then Reunited First Church”

Date:

October 17th, 2015.

Time:

7:00 PM

Location:

Windsor Historical Society

Al Boehm talk “In Search of the 1757 Meetinghouse: How a Bridge Divided then Reunited First Church” at Windsor Historical Society Wednesday, October 21.

Imagine that it is winter and you are crossing an icy, fast-flowing river in a small canoe or ferryboat to get to church. This was just another part of life in seventeenth and early eighteenth-century Windsor if you happened to live south of the Farmington River or across Connecticut River in what is now East Windsor and South Windsor. In the mid-eighteenth century, the need for a new Meetinghouse and lack of a reliable bridge across the Farmington River led the First Society to split into two independent Societies. In 1757, a new Meetinghouse was built south of the Farmington River. Today, all that remains of that 1757 Meetinghouse is the northeast cornerstone of the iconic 1794 (fourth) Meetinghouse north of the Farmington River that now anchors Palisado Green.

For the past year, Al Boehm has combed through the archives, exploring town and church records, highway records, and correspondence in a search to learn more about the church’s third Meetinghouse. In this special Archives Month program on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m., come see what Al has learned about the third Meetinghouse, church politics and the Great Awakening, Windsor bridges and roads, how towns formed in the 1750-1800 time-period, and the unique role Windsor played in the transition from Colony to State. Al’s programs are always popular. Come early to be assured of a seat! Cost: $6 adults, $5 seniors and students, $4 WHS and First Church members. For more information, contact the Society at 860/688-3813 or online at www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org.

The Windsor Historical Society, founded in 1921, invites visitors to explore the people, places, and events that have shaped Windsor for nearly four centuries. The Society’s museum includes changing and permanent exhibition galleries; a hands-on history learning center for families; a research library and manuscript
collection housing Windsor photographs, documents, ephemera, and genealogical materials, a museum shop
and two historic houses open to the public -- the 1758 Strong-Howard House and the 1767 Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee House. The Society is located at 96 Palisado Avenue (Route 159) and is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Tours of its two historic homes are offered at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. General admission to the library and historic houses is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students and free to children under 12 and WHS members. Visitors are free to browse the museum store, the Bridging Centuries, Bridging Cultures Windsor history galleries, and the Hands-On-History Learning Center, thanks to the generosity of ABB, Inc., Forgotten Acres Farm, Temple Praise Power and Prayer, and the Windsor Chamber of Commerce.

Call (860) 688-3813 or visit us on the web at www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org for directions to the Society and more information about programs or volunteer opportunities. Make sure to ‘like’ the Society’s Facebook page and follow us on Twitter (@windsorct1633) for regular updates and insights. To receive e-reminders for public programs, please send your e-mail address to jalberti@windsorhistoricalsociety.org

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