Westfield Washington Historical Society Museum

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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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.

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 Historical Society Garage Sale Fundraiser! at KROGER PARKING LOT

May 12, 2012 from 9am to 5pm
KROGER PARKING LOT / CORNER OF CAREY ROAD & 32 HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM May 12, 2012 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Westfield Washington Historical Society Fundraiser TO DONATE ITEMS CALL: 626- 8559Please let us know if you have time to volunteers for the WWHS at this fundraiser. Call 626-8559 to see what hours are available. Thanks!See More
May 7
Kim R. Gripp is now a member of Westfield Washington Historical Society Museum
May 7
Kim R. Gripp liked Michael Kobrowski's blog post 437 S Union Street - or is it?
May 7
Susan M. Thiesing is now a member of Westfield Washington Historical Society Museum
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David Schlabach is now a member of Westfield Washington Historical Society Museum
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Linda Schultz updated their profile
Apr 10
Linda Schultz commented on Linda Schultz's blog post Julia Stout Conklin in the Rain.
"No, I don't have this anniversary book. I do see it for sale for 25 dollars on the website, but not sure how to buy it. Can I just mail in a check to the museum? And I'd love to hear about books others recommend about Underground Railroad,…"
Apr 7

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Julia Stout Conklin in the Rain.

Posted by Linda Schultz on April 6, 2012 at 8:17pm 4 Comments

 

My interest in Westfield began one drizzly morning in Newport Beach, California. I came upon a yard sale with a tall bookcase too loosely covered with a plastic tarp. I was thrilled and horrified to find in the bookcase vintage history and children's books, which had probably been perfect the day before. But, after being left carelessly out in the driveway all rainy night long,  were damp and nearly ruined. Due to their condition,  the man sold me several of the children's books for…

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Historic Fire Station in Westfield, IN

Posted by Michael Kobrowski on February 19, 2012 at 12:00am 0 Comments

Here the pages of our presentation about the History of the Historic Fire Station in Westfield, IN downtown.

WWHSM_Business_presentation_FireStation.pdf…

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Washington Township - Hamilton Co - PDF map file

Posted by Michael Kobrowski on February 13, 2012 at 2:40pm 0 Comments

Here the link to the full Washington Township Map in PDF format with way more details available via zoom.

1866-Washington%2520Twp.pdf 

437 S Union Street - or is it?

Posted by Michael Kobrowski on September 5, 2011 at 10:57pm 0 Comments

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.…

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