My father, Donald Francis Pelletier, moved to 23 Wadsworth Street when he was six months old and lived there for the next 80 years. My grandparents bought the house in approximately 1914, and there was a small apartment on the first-floor to the side of the house. My parents lived there when they were first married. They raised a large family in that house . . .
Watch our Facebook Premiere on Wednesday December 16th at 2:00. Visit our Facebook Channel or our YouTube Channel. Sheila Cooke-Kayser shares the inspiration for her Parade of Trees donation: Honoring Brave & Revolutionary Women who fought for the Right to vote. Focusing on local suffragists and brief look at “Finish…
Our Third Grade History Program that happens every June was cancelled this year due to Covid. Since there were several stories being told about having kids not in school or doing anything was becoming a burden, we decided to put together some virtual activities on Facebook and YouTube so kids…
The Danvers Historical Society received a Cummings Community Grant to ensure funding and programs for people to develop skills and apply them to our organization. Our “Come Grow With Us” program welcomes all abilities and all ages at our historic properties. Dana B. and Michael S. are now employed, part-time…
Our friend Nancy will show us how to decorate Gingerbread Cookies for the holidays! Check out our YouTube Channel to watch. This will premiere on YouTube at 3 PM on Wednesday December 2nd. View our entertainment this year on our YouTube/danvershistory Page, and the DCAT television channels. To ensure…
Usher in the holiday season between December 1st through the 6th with imaginative holiday tree and wreath designs created by area businesses, residents and community groups, each in its own unique theme and style with gifts and decorations. They are on display for one week and then raffled away to…
Sloan Friedhaber shares what she learned about the Parade of Trees. Here is the link to the story: https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/herald-citizen/2020/11/30/danvers-parade-trees-adapts-covid-19-challenges/6465922002/
See the National Historic Landmark Derby Summer House featured in Danvers Magazine! Visit the link here to read the story.
Watch our Facebook Premiere on Wednesday November 18th at 2:00. Visit our Facebook Channel or our YouTube Channel to watch our Elves decorate and prepare for Parade of Trees 2020. This year is our 12th Annual Parade of Trees. We are doing it differently this year via Rally Up and…
The summer house was designed by Samuel McIntire for Elias Hasket Derby and was built in 1794 on the Derby Farm at the corner of Andover Street and Buttonwood Lane in South Danvers, Massachusetts (now Peabody). In 1901 Ellen Peabody Endicott purchased the summer house. Mrs. Endicott had the summer…
Visit our Facebook and YouTube Channel for our Speaker Series premiere with Joanne MacInnis, RN, CEO and founder of Aberdeen Home Care INC. We will learn about what to do in case of an emergency and how to be properly communicative in an emergency room situation. Visit our Facebook Channel…
On September 23, we will have a Facebook Live Premiere that will film Sheila Cooke-Kayser at the Page House. Sheila will be discussing stories on Anne L. Page, the last descendant to live in the Page House. Anne Page started the first Kindergarten in Essex County and held a Suffragist…