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GHC's Open House at the Boutwell House in Groton, Feb 17, 11 am to 2 pm
PRESS RELEASE - EVENT -- FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
FROM: GROTON HISTORY CENTER
CONTACT: GHC, phone: 978-448-0092; email: [email protected]
DATELINE: Feb 5, 2023; for publication Feb 9, please
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: A Look at Past Presidents and Antique Photos of the Town on Display at the GHC Open House, FEB 17
DATES: SATURDAY, FEB 17; TIME: 11 am to 2 pm
PLACE: BOUTWELL HOUSE, 172 MAIN STREET, GROTON
The Groton History Center launches its first Open House of the New Year on Saturday, February 17, with an exhibit honoring its past presidents.
Many are those whose names spring off the page, remembered for their defining roles in the Groton History Center’s trajectory. First among them, the visionary co-founders of the Historical Society, Governor George S. Boutwell’s daughter, Georgianna Boutwell, and Dr. Samuel Abbot Green. Ms. Boutwell (active on the Board) bequeathed the family home to the society on her death in 1933. Dr. Green—historian, surgeon, and author of the Groton Historical Series— served as the Society’s first and longest-running president (from 1894 to 1917). Later, Virginia May (president from 1944 to 1946) who, as Selectwoman in the 1960s, spearheaded the creation of the Groton Historical District Commission to protect the spirit of the older buildings and neighborhoods in town. Isabel Beal, Town Diarist, GHS president from 1994 to 1997, and for thirty-five years the Society’s Curator. Irene Buck (from 1998 to 2001), whose foresight helped redefine the Society’s mission as a treasury of the past and a museum for the future.
Come learn about these and other extraordinary individuals, enjoy an exhibit of antique photographs from Groton’s early years, and relish the elegant, light-filled 1851 Boutwell House, at 172 Main Street—its furnishings, wealth of historical reference points, and charm. The Open House runs from 11 am to 2 pm.
The Open House and all GHC programs are free and open to the public thanks to the Groton Commissioners of Trust Funds, grants, and corporate and private donations. For more information visit grotonhistory.org, grotonhistory.org/Facebook, or call 978-448-0092.
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