Scituate Historical Society

It won't be long until Scituate Lighthouse Shines Again. August 7th, National Lighthouse Day there will be a grand celebration. More details soon.

Our next open houses are August 3rd and 4th during Scituate Heritage Days.

The following locations will be open:

Bates House
Maritime & Irish Mossing Museum
Lawson Tower
Stockbridge Grist Mill
Mann House

For more information visit
https://scituatehistoricalsociety.org/event/2024-open-house-series-august-3/

2024 Open House Series – August 3 - Scituate Historical Society Explore different sites at our Open House series! A variety of sites will be open on each date in the series.Locations open on this date are TBD. Please check back to see what sites will be open for each open house.

Have you been through the Scituate Garden Club Wildflower Garden at The Mann House? The members of the garden club keep them looking wonderful. You can visit and walk the trail through the gardens anytime. It is a lovely spot all year round.

Got plans for Sunday? How about a climb up 121 stairs for a amazing view of Scituate and beyond. Then a free concert on the lawn of one of Scituate's treasures. You can even purchase lunch from one of Scituate's favorite food trucks to have while you enjoy the music. Then take a tour of the home and the lovely wildflower gardens. End your day at one of the countries oldest gristmills. Sounds like a fabulous summer Sunday to us. We hope you spend the day with us.

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Scituate Historical Society Chimer, Lenae Wisner Badger will entertain us with a Lawson Tower Bell Concert to cap off a wonderful Heritage Days weekend.. The tower will be open for tours on both Saturday, August 3rd and Sunday , August 4th from 1-4, the concert is at 4pm Sunday. Bring a blanket or a beach chair and maybe a picnic dinner and enjoy the music.

The next Scituate Historical Society Open Houses will be this coming Sunday, July 14th, from 1-4.

The following sites will be open. The Mann House, Lawson Tower, and The Stockbridge Mill. As pat of the Mann House open site there will be a free concert by the Rusty Skipper Band from 2-3. The Dinghy Food Truck will be on site from 1-4 with sandwiches, drinks and more available for sale. Come have lunch , enjoy the concert, tour the house and take a walk through the Scituate Garden Club Wildflower Garden. It will be a wonderful summer afternoon.

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Visit us and hear our stories.

Our Open House and Rusty Skippers Concert is just a week away.

Spend the afternoon of July 14th with us at the Mann House, 108 Greenfield Lane during our Open House event. The Mann House will be open for tours from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM. There will also be a free (donations appreciated) concert on the grounds by the Rusty Skippers Band from 2 PM -3 PM. You may also enjoy a walk through the Scituate Garden Club Wildflower gardens. The Dinghy Food Truck will be on site from 1 PM -4 PM with drinks, sandwiches and more for sale. Bring a blanket or chairs. Have lunch and spend the afternoon with us.

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Earlier this week the Historical Society lost a dedicated longtime volunteer and all - around great guy, Bob Brand. Bob loved people, Scituate and the Society. We'll miss him and remember him for his great stories, especially those stories of his Uncle Johnny and Aunt Polly. RIP Bob.

We would like to thank everyone who nominated and voted for Scituate Lighthouse as BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION ON THE SOUTH SHORE in the 2024 BOSS AWARDS. We are honored to have won this title. We hope you will visit the Lighthouse often and join us on August 7th, National Lighthouse Day, for our grand Time to Shine celebration.

JULY 14th

Spend the afternoon with us at the Mann House, 108 Greenfield Lane during our Open House event. The Mann House will be open for tours from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM. There will also be a free (donations appreciated) concert on the grounds by the Rusty Skippers Band from 2 PM -3 PM. You may also enjoy a walk through the Scituate Garden Club Wildflower gardens. The Dinghy Food Truck will be on site from 1 PM -4 PM with drinks, sandwiches and more for sale. Bring a blanket or chairs. Have lunch and spend the afternoon with us.

The Rusty Skipper Band made its debut in 1995 as part of the Cohasset Harborfest, at the enthusiastic suggestion of the late Rev. Ed Atkinson of First Parish in Cohasset. Fourteen adults marched in the parade that first year, and we were a ragtag group. Despite Rev. Atkinson’s sudden death that summer, or perhaps in his honor, the band continued, and since 1996, the Rusty Skipper Band has grown steadily, in numbers of musicians and performances, as well as in scope and difficulty of music and quality of musicianship. Yet we remain a quintessential community band.

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SAVE THE DATE November 2nd Townie Trivia 2
We had so much fun the First time we are doing it again
Reservations available soon

Our June Full Moon Tower Tour is sold out. There are spots remaining in upcoming tours. Our next tour is July 20th. Reservations are required.

Reservation Link https://scituatehistoricalsociety.org/event/full-moon-lawson-tower-tour-jul-20/

Scituate. Massachusetts has been named one of the 15 Best Small Towns to visit in 2024 by Smithsonian Magazine . We are honored that Scituate Lighthouse, Lawson Tower and The Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum were featured in this article. Along with these sites The South Shore Irish Heritage Trail and many local establishments were highlighted.

The 15 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2024 From a bluegrass capital in Virginia to a laid-back surf town in Hawaii, these spots are beckoning to tourists this year

Only a few spots remain for our next Full Moon Tower Tour on June 21st . Members of the South Shore Astronomical Society will be on hand again this month with telescopes for viewing the night sky. Reservations are required.

Reservation Link https://scituatehistoricalsociety.org/event/lawson-tower-tour-june-21/

It was a beautiful late spring day in Scituate today. The Rosa Rugosa are blooming and make a lovely foreground. We are looking forward to celebrating on August 7th which is National Lighthouse Day. Details to come.

“As the Historical Society nears completion of our restoration of the Cudworth House we are grateful to the Scituate Garden Club beautiful restoration of the Cudworth Herb Garden. This garden, first designed and planted as an 18th century herb and flower garden by the Garden Club in 1963, has been loveingly maintained by members for the last 61 years!

We hope people will stop by the property (331 First Parish Rd. next to the Senior Center and former Gates School) and see the garden.“

Happening tomorrow, June 6th, Reading The Gravestones of Early New England with Author John Hanson.

Reservations are available on line or pay at the door.

Reservation Link:https://scituatehistoricalsociety.org/event/reading-the-gravestones-of-early-new-england/

One step closer to completion. Visit the Town of Scituate website for renovation updates.

Come celebrate with us on August 7th, National Lighthouse Day, as we light the lighthouse. More details to follow.

SAVE THE DATE. September 19th

PLYMOUTH COLONY FIRST LADY PENELOPE WINSLOW Re-Imagining a Life

Penelope Pelham Winslow was one of the most powerful women in Plymouth Colony’s history. A member of the English gentry (her third-great-grandmother was Anne Boleyn’s sister Mary), she was married to King Philip’s War-era Governor Josiah Winslow. Like most of her female contemporaries, however, she has largely been forgotten.

Historian and author Michelle Marchetti Coughlin recovers the story of Winslow’s eventful life tracking fragmentary records and surviving physical evidence and offers fresh insight into the experiences of women in early New England.

Reservation Link https://scituatehistoricalsociety.org/event/plymouth-colony-first-lady-penelope-winslow-re-imagining-a-life/

Happening June 6th. Author John Hanson will give a talk on "Reading the Gravestones of Early New England." In this talk, Hanson will discuss the iconography and epitaphs of gravestones from Scituate and around New England and how they reveal colonial New Englanders expressing their attitudes towards life, death, and eternity.

Reservations-https://scituatehistoricalsociety.org/event/reading-the-gravestones-of-early-new-england/

Today was what some in seaside towns call a chamber of commerce day. 80 plus degrees, a slight breeze and not a cloud in the sky. What makes it even better, the scaffolding is down making it one step closer to completion.

Keep watching for details on the August 7th, National Lighthouse Day, lighting celebration.

Thursday, May 23rd is our next Full Moon Tower Tour. There are some spots available for this event. Reservations are required.

Reservation Link
https://scituatehistoricalsociety.org/event/full-moon-lawson-tower-tour-may-23/

Who is ready for summer in Scituate?

We would like to thank Belinda Jenkins for opening the Mann House on Saturday and welcoming visitors attending the Scituate Garden Club's Plant Sale! Belinda is a dedicated volunteer for the Historical Society and she doesn't hesitate to step up to assist when she sees a need.

Have you ever climbed 121 stairs to the sky, walked in the home of an army(of 2), or visited the oldest public building in town? You can do all these things and more tomorrow, Sunday, May 19th from 1-4 during The first Scituate Historical Society 2024 Open Houses.

The following sites will be open. The Mann House, The Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum, Lawson Tower, The Stockbridge Mill, The Bates House and the G.A.R. Hall.

Admission: $3 per site, $5 for the Museum, free for children, members and military.

Visit us and hear our stories.

The first Scituate Historical Society 2024 Open Houses will be this Sunday, May 19 from 1-4.

The following sites will be open. The Mann House, The Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum, Lawson Tower, The Stockbridge Mill, The Bates House and the G.A.R. Hall.

Visit us and hear our stories.

Happening June 6th. Author John Hanson will give a talk on "Reading the Gravestones of Early New England." In this talk, Hanson will discuss the iconography and epitaphs of gravestones from Scituate and around New England and how they reveal colonial New Englanders expressing their attitudes towards life, death, and eternity.

John Hanson has been collecting and studying early New England epitaphs for years. He is the author of Reading the Gravestones of Old New England (McFarland, 2021), a Fellow of the American Antiquarian Society, and has published and spoken extensively on his research.

Reservations-https://scituatehistoricalsociety.org/event/reading-the-gravestones-of-early-new-england/

January 8, 2024 Lighthouse renovations update from Jim Boudreau, Town Administrator

We had anticipated starting the grouting of the brick work today. However, with the storm over the weekend and more impact weather forecast for later this week, we have postponed the grouting work. We will be having discussions with the contractor and our design team as to whether we should delay the grouting entirely until storm season passes and we have warmer weather. The grout must be kept above freezing for 10-14 days from
completion of the work. We are not sure if Mother Nature will cooperate. If a decision is made to put off the grout work, it will be completed in the spring when we do the painting.