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Historic Boxford is a collaborative partnership between Boxford’s two unique historical organizations: The Boxford Historical Society and the Boxford Historic Document Center.

IN PROGRESS!Here's a sneak peek at one of our first truly collaborative efforts, the Boxford Historic Document Center an...
06/20/2026

IN PROGRESS!

Here's a sneak peek at one of our first truly collaborative efforts, the Boxford Historic Document Center and the Boxford Historical Society have been working on a Rev250 exhibit, celebrating Boxford in the Revolutionary War. The information and research behind this exhibit was performed by the Document Center, and the artifacts displayed come from the collections of both organizations. This project was largely funded by a Boxford Cultural Council grant awarded to the Document Center at the beginning of the year.

The exhibit will be open at the Holyoke-French house on July 3rd from 1:00-5:00 during our regular open house hours. It will also be open during the 4th of July festivities from 9:00-1:00 and on July 8th at 5:00, before the Reading of the Declaration of Independence event.

If you have a busy July, you can still catch the exhibit at one of our many open houses later in the year!

This was 40 Middleton Road. It stood on the corner of Main Street and Middleton Road where Cargill Field is today.Where ...
06/17/2026

This was 40 Middleton Road. It stood on the corner of Main Street and Middleton Road where Cargill Field is today.

Where is it Wednesday! This house, built in 1882, was burned down by the Boxford Fire Department in 1994 as a training exercise.

Boxford Fire Department

Edith Clothey Killam lived at 83 Killam Hill Road, and this is a poem about the trees in her neighborhood 🌳
06/14/2026

Edith Clothey Killam lived at 83 Killam Hill Road, and this is a poem about the trees in her neighborhood 🌳

This Thursday at 6:00pm, the Boxford Town Library is hosting Roger Hagopian, a local filmmaker, who will be presenting h...
06/10/2026

This Thursday at 6:00pm, the Boxford Town Library is hosting Roger Hagopian, a local filmmaker, who will be presenting his new film, "Memories Flow Beneath it, from Valley to Quabbin." This movie is about what happened to the people living in the towns that were flooded by the Swift River when the Quabbin Reservoir was created in western MA.

Hagopian will also be speaking about George P. Webster, a State Representative from Boxford who was an outspoken critic of the Quabbin Reservoir project. Webster lived at the Brown-Pearl-Webster house which stood on the corner of Lake Shore and Oak Ridge Road. When he died, the house was torn down, but two rooms were purchased by the MFA in Boston, and you can still visit one of them in the lower level of the American Wing!

You can register for this free program here:
https://boxfordlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/memories-flow-beneath-it-from-valley-to-quabbin/

The Boxford Historic Document Center supported this event by providing documentation about George P. Webster to the filmmaker for his presentation.

This is a good one! Nancy Merrill donated this to the Boxford Historic Document Center last week. It includes photos of ...
06/06/2026

This is a good one! Nancy Merrill donated this to the Boxford Historic Document Center last week. It includes photos of all the Masco teams from 1984. How many of these kids do you recognize?

A big thank you to Smallman Builders for fixing up the Holyoke-French barn before we host the Spofford Pond 5th grade to...
06/04/2026

A big thank you to Smallman Builders for fixing up the Holyoke-French barn before we host the Spofford Pond 5th grade tomorrow! While not as old as the house, the barn on our property is now 159 years old, and we needed to replace some floorboards and seal up some cracks before inviting visitors inside. Thanks to Kyle Smallman's hard work, the barn is now safe and ready for its next 100 years! Stay tuned - we will be doing a lot more work in the barn to make it a welcoming and usable space!

Highlights of the 1954 Boxford Annual Report: The new Harry Lee Cole school was named and Boxford installed its first-ev...
05/23/2026

Highlights of the 1954 Boxford Annual Report: The new Harry Lee Cole school was named and Boxford installed its first-ever stop signs! It's hard to believe people were driving through town into the mid-1950s without a single stop sign anywhere.

Save the date for the Boxford Historical Society's first Concert on the Lawn event on July 25th! Free admission begins a...
05/21/2026

Save the date for the Boxford Historical Society's first Concert on the Lawn event on July 25th! Free admission begins at 3:30, with music kicking off at 4:00.

In addition to wonderful musical entertainment, we will have hot dogs, hamburgers, snacks and drinks available for purchase, and True North will be providing beer, wine, and hard cider.

Bring your beach chair or blanket and enjoy a magical summer evening at the historic Holyoke-French house!

This is the most exciting accession the Document Center has had in a while! It is a diary kept by Mary Ann Peabody from ...
05/20/2026

This is the most exciting accession the Document Center has had in a while! It is a diary kept by Mary Ann Peabody from 1841 until her death in 1865 (with very few entries in later years). The diary starts as she is finishing up high school, and she soon moves on to a career in teaching. Many diaries from this time period are very brief or dry, but Mary was a wonderful writer who shares her life with a great sense of humor!

These are some of her shorter entries about teaching. The school examination was an annual visit by the School Committee, mainly intended to assess a teacher's performance, which was rated on how well her students knew their lessons and how well she managed the children's behavior in the classroom. We actually have the School Committee report from this year at the Document Center, and it turns out she did a great job with the kids and didn't need to be so stressed over the examination!

B[oxford] June 10, 1844

I commenced teaching school in District No. two. I have Forty-two scholars, board at Major Perley's. I have a very difficult school to discipline.

Boxford Sept 22, 1844

Next Thursday, my school is examined. What an awful occasion! May I escape without broken bones or many flesh wounds.

Some delicious treats from our Revolutionary Tea Party that took place on Sunday afternoon at the Boxford Community Cent...
05/18/2026

Some delicious treats from our Revolutionary Tea Party that took place on Sunday afternoon at the Boxford Community Center at 10 Elm! A big thanks to all who came, and an extra thank you to everyone who helped with the event!

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Boxford, MA
01921

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