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Central School, Halifax, Massachusetts
Central School was the first centralized school in Halifax, Prior to that, Halifax was a five district one-room schoolhouses to one central school
Old Town Hall, Halifax, Massachusetts
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.
Holmes Public Library, Plymouth Street, Halifax, Massachusetts
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.
The Trunk Meeting House, South Halifax, Massachusetts
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…
Hotel Monponsett (Monponsett Inn), Halifax, Massachusetts
Moritz Schindler standing on the porch of the Monponsett Inn.
Monponsett Hotel in Winter, Halifax, Massachusetts
Winter Scene of the Monponsett Hotel
Congregational Church, Halifax, Massachusetts
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.
Town Center, Halifax, Massachusetts
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.
Holiday Christmas Tree, Halifax, Massachusetts
Dedication of live Christmas Tree in front of Town Hall. The tree was planted by the Halifax Grange on December 5, 1938.
Clarence Devitt's R.F.D. Mail Buggy in front of Holmes Public Library, Halifax, Massachusetts
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.