Promoting the History of Westfield and Washington Twshp in Hamilton Co Indiana
Promoting local and regional history about 1834 Westfield and Underground Railroad, Quakers, Orphan Train, Businesses, etc.
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Now you can also donate (one time or renewing payments!) at Network For Good online with your credit card!
We need volunteers. Programs, Museum open hours, Collection Management, Exhibit creation, scanning of old pictures, transcribing old document, etc - you name it, we need you. Send an email to any officer and let us know what you would like to do to help out, or ask us at any of our program meetings or at the museum.
Important Partners
These organizations made our museum and more possible:
Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau - Eight Great Towns
Our Museum is open for you!
Museum opening hours
Every Saturday 11 am - 3 pm.
(Please call ahead to make sure we are open - we are a small organization with not enough volunteers, sometimes illness or other things prevent us from being open)
Call or email us for appointments!
Location (no mail):
145 South Union Street
president@wwhs.us
(317) 804 5365
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Westfield Washington HistSoc replied to Westfield Washington HistSoc's discussion 'Westfield Memorial in the news'
Published: January 29, 2012 3:00 a.m.Initiatives in Indiana honor new warriors, alive and deadAngela Mapes Turner | The Journal Gazette
The last time the U.S. ended a controversial, lengthy war, a generation of veterans was treated to what President…
Cemetery Restoration/Preservation
Discussion and information about Cemetery Restoration
Ernestine Carter-Taitt joined Michael Kobrowski's group
Ernestine Carter-Taitt is now a member of Westfield Washington Historical Society Museum
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437 S Union Street - or is it?
Posted by Michael Kobrowski on September 5, 2011 at 10:57pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
According to the notes on the back of the Tintype picture, this is 437 S Union Street today. (Westfield Washington Historical Society - Camilla Axelrod Collection - 2007.7.39)
I took this picture a few days ago at 437 S Union Street.…
Inviting Society Members to Post a Blog!
Posted by Bruce S. Hansen on December 18, 2010 at 2:27pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
We should challenge our members to be active on the Society's blog. This is a great place to ask historical questions and get incredible feedback. . .almost instantly. We should challenge everyone to try a blog post before the year 2010 ends. I have a question. When was the Westfield Washington Historical Society organized? Where was it organized and who was the first president?
Irrigation workers unearth early-1800s bones - updated
Posted by Michael Kobrowski on September 28, 2010 at 12:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Click this link for Ground Penetrating Map_20101004155504.pdf - a report the City of Westfield had done on the Cemetery site before starting work at the Cemetery. They tried to avoid the areas marked as possible graves, but where the bones were found, as the article said, was where a 1960s water line and spigot was set… Continue
Nelda June Millikan Cordell Oct. 23, 1927 - Aug. 26, 2010
Posted by Michael Kobrowski on August 28, 2010 at 10:00am 1 Comment 0 Likes
http://www.indystar.com/article/20100826/LOCAL010401/8260511/1225/local0104/Nelda-June-Cordell
INDIANAPOLIS -- Nelda June Millikan Cordell, 82, Indianapolis, died Aug. 26, 2010.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Nelda June Millikan Cordell, 82, Indianapolis, died Aug. 26, 2010.
Mrs. Cordell worked at L.S. Ayres in downtown Indianapolis, J.C. Penney, Kohl's, Lazarus and Stride Rite, where she retired from in 1994. She
also operated a daycare in her home, providing care to…
Joe Wheeler Remembered. . .
Posted by Bruce S. Hansen on June 29, 2010 at 11:17pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
IN HONORABLE REMEMBRANCE
The Westfield Washington Historical Society and Museum wishes to remember one of our members and a great supporter of our city's history. Mr. Joseph S. Wheeler, passed away this past Sunday, June 27, 2010 at his home in Westfield.Most of us knew him simply as Joe. He was a great friend of the society, supporting many of our events and activities over the years. He donated historical artifacts to our museum collections and volunteered… Continue
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Westfield Memorial in the news
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Program suggestions and requests
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