Central School, Halifax, Massachusetts
Central School (Halifax, Mass.) -- History
Central School was the first centralized school in Halifax, Prior to that, Halifax was a five district one-room schoolhouses to one central school
Black-and-white photographs
Still Image
10_78_0003
Old Town Hall, Halifax, Massachusetts
Town Hall (Halifax, Mass.)
Old Town Hall showing Armory that burnt down in 1907. Three children are in the foreground (two Sergeants' children and Lloyd Morton Thomas.) Far to the right, in front of Town Hall another child.
1905
Black-and-white photographs
Still Image
78_01_013
Holmes Public Library, Plymouth Street, Halifax, Massachusetts
Holmes Public Library (Halifax, Mass.)
G. Harry Armstong's Store (Halifax, Mass.)
Holmes Public Library with G. Harry Armstong's store on the right. Delivery wagon and horse beside store on the left. Getting ready to make a delivery.
Black-and-white photographs
Still Image
HPL_004
The Trunk Meeting House, South Halifax, Massachusetts
Trunk Meeting House (Halifax, Mass.)
Trunk Meeting House (1853-1913) The Trunk Meeting House got its name from the ceiling that "rounded like the lid on an old-fashioned steamer trunk." The church was located in South Halifax on the corner of Fuller, Wood and Cedar Streets and burned down on July 3, 1913. It had been deserted for several years and was in bad need of repair. The bell is now in the possession of the Historical Society.
1853-1913
Black-and-white photographs
Still image
10_78_017_B
Hotel Monponsett (Monponsett Inn), Halifax, Massachusetts
Monponsett Hotel (Halifax, Mass.)
Moritz Schindler standing on the porch of the Monponsett Inn.
1800
Black-and-white photographs
Still image
10_78_0025
Monponsett Hotel in Winter, Halifax, Massachusetts
Monponsett Hotel (Halifax, Mass.)
Winter Scene of the Monponsett Hotel
Black-and-white photographs
Still image
10_78_0026
Congregational Church, Halifax, Massachusetts
Halifax Congregational Church
Halifax Congregational Church, with iron fence, carriage sheds and hay scales, circa 1900. The Congregational Church was built in 1852. The fence around the church was designed from a fence in Kingston.
1900
Black-and-white photographs
Still Image
78_01_0012
Town Center, Halifax, Massachusetts
Halifax Congregational Church (Halifax, Mass.)
Town Hall (Halifax, Mass.)
Soldiers' Monument (Halifax, Mass.)
Halifax Congregational Church and the "new" Town Hall with carriage sheds in back, wrought iron fence around Civil War Monument. The new Town Hall was built in 1907 near the site of the First Meeting House.
1907?
Black-and-white photographs
Still Image
78_01_020
Holiday Christmas Tree, Halifax, Massachusetts
Christmas Tree Planting (Halifax, Mass.)
Dedication of live Christmas Tree in front of Town Hall. The tree was planted by the Halifax Grange on December 5, 1938.
1938
Black-and-white photographs
Still Image
78_01_0125
Clarence Devitt's R.F.D. Mail Buggy in front of Holmes Public Library, Halifax, Massachusetts
Holmes Public Library (Halifax, Mass.)
The old schoolhouse from South Halifax was a gift from the J. L. Jones family. It was subsequently moved, converted and became the town's first library. For the first few years, the Post Office shared the building.
Black-and-white photographs
Still Image
HPL_003