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2024 Westford Historic House Tour – Purchase your ticket(s) here
Westford Museum & Historical Society andFirst Parish Church United of Westford present: 2nd Westford Historic House Tour Saturday September 28, 2024 A wonderful opportunity to tour a collection of stunning vintage homes … Read more »
Geoff Hall’s Westford Tales
Geoff Hall continues to capture stories of members from the Westford community. Westford Tales, focusing on residents’ memories of Westford throughout the years. Geoffrey D. Hall is a third generation Westfordite. … Read more »
Bob Oliphant’s Weekly Westford Wardsman Podcasts
Listen as Bob Oliphant shares the weekly Westford news plus bonus information of Westford and our residents from over 100 year’s ago. The Westford Wardsman was published weekly as part … Read more »
Featured Artifact of the Week
Photograph From the collection From the collection From the collection 1899 black and white photograph of the house at 55 Brookside Rd. If features Charles Smith Edwards (with horse) in … Read more »
Westford Notable of the Month- Rita E. Miller (1918-2003)
A teacher’s influence can never be erased By James Van Bever When Rita E. Miller retired from the Westford school system in 1983, a banner was hung outside the Frost … Read more »
Featured Artifact of the Week
Site Plan From the Collection From the Collection From the Collection One of 12 surveyor plans of 62 Main St, the Donald Cameron House. They were made by Caroline M. … Read more »
Memorial Windows of Westford – Mr. and Mrs. John Healy, Sanctuary Rose Window, St. Catherine’s Church, Westford
This month we are featuring the Sanctuary Rose window of St. Catherine’s Church. The Sanctuary Window was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. John A Healy. This window was once … Read more »
Featured Artifact of the Week
Wood Sign From the Medical Exhibit From the Medical Exhibit From the Medical Exhibit White painted wood sign, 60″ x 28″, with black paint for text, of the Westford Osteopathic … Read more »
Phyllis Wright (1917-1998)
“Westford’s first Apple Blossom Queen” By James VanBever (November 2020) On May 20, 1935, Reverend John Day of the Westford Unitarian church and originator of the Apple Blossom Festival introduced … Read more »
Lucinda Everlyn Prescott (1888-1976)
Lucinda (Cindy) was the daughter of Ebenezer of Josephine (Webster) Prescott and lived on the Prescott family farm at 180 Main Street, Chamberlain Corner, all of her life with her … Read more »
Eva Mae Lord (1889 – 1960)
“Mae Lord became the nurse at the Abbot Worsted Company, a position that she held for the rest of her life. She played a big part in the health of … Read more »
Noella “Pinky” Leduc (1933-2014)
Noella Leduc was born on River Street in Graniteville on December 23, 1933. Her house on River Street is directly across from the Graniteville ball field. It was at … Read more »
Dr. Elizabeth Kittredge (1889-1972)
Westford’s First Woman Doctor. By James VanBever (Feb/March 2022) When Elizabeth Kittredge was considering a career in medicine, she did not receive wholehearted support from her family. In fact, she … Read more »
Elizabeth R. (Needham) Shaw (1942-2023)
Thank you Beth for all you did! You will long be remembered. We recently lost an outstanding person who was a pillar of our community and outstanding contributor to the … Read more »
APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL 1936, Knpobo, Cradle Flower
Cradle Flower Mary Lou Schlosser MAY 16, 1936 (Photograph by Charles L. Hildreth) Among the hundreds of photographs from the Charles L. Hildreth collection, we have … Read more »