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  The Cohasset Historical Society has been collecting, preserving, exhibiting, and educating the public about Cohasset’s history since 1928.

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The Society held an appreciation event recently at the Beechwood Meetinghouse and Museum to thank our volunteer bell ringers with custom *Beechwood Bell Brigade* hats from @goodwin_graphics! The bell can be heard every Sunday morning at 10:00 AM thr
Easter Greetings from The Society! How cute is this greeting card from 1919?
1941: John Bellefontaine carrying two baskets of eggs in front of his Bellefontaine’s Chicken Farm, once located at 159 Beechwood Street. 🐣 The picture of a gentleman farmer with his buttoned to the top shirt and woolen flat cap. One any Easte
In its final week *Baby It’s Cold Outside* Dressing for Winter in Cohasset. Come by today through Friday 9-1!
Thanks @strollcohasset for covering The Society’s historic moment with the installation of our new signage! Thank you @hassansign for your masterful work and @glenn_pratt - think of it as having some *work done ;) we look great! 😊 #notpaulprat
📢 Our Beechwood Meetinghouse and Museum at 51 Church Street in Cohasset will be open this Sunday 🍀 from 10-2 PM. Come by for these treasures and more… can you believe the amazing #countbasie performed in Cohasset for the Policeman’s Ba
Very exciting news for The Society!⚡️✨💫 We have begun the process of digitizing our immense collection of historical treasures 👏 please visit the website *link in bio* and view our new Online Collection where you can search 🔍 by keyword or try cli
*The Gang* A group of local boys from the neighborhood, sitting on the bleachers either before or after a pick up baseball game at the Beachwood ballpark April 1948 ⚾️ On view at our Beechwood Meeting House and Museum - swipe to see if you recognize
The Society has an announcement 📣 coming soon 👉watch this space 🤭⚡️💥
Yesterday was a BIG day for the #cohassethistoricalsociety 💃🕺you may have noticed that the former Paul Pratt Memorial Library 📚 in existence for 121 years and our home since ‘03 👉 has finally been renamed yay! 20 years in the making! Thank
Just in time for Valentines Day 💖 this heirloom piece ⚡️ a stunning replica of our beloved Minot Light’s flasher cam 👉 swipe for the inner workings of the ledge lighthouse and see how the notched edges created the distinctive 1️⃣4️⃣3️⃣ flash