historic houses

Seafarer’s Festival

The Forbes House Museum welcomes the community to its Seafarer’s Festival to celebrate our shared New England maritime history through art workshops, craft demonstrations, family activities and musical performances. Lynn Noel will entertain visitors with chanteys from the clipper era, ballads of navigation under sail, and songs of the USS Jamestown on her 1847 humanitarian … Read more

Walking The Halls of Historic Homes

By Wendy Bawabe, President of the Norwell Historical Society Photography by Tom Sheehan When a historic home has impeccable interior design that respects the architecture of the residence, it is the perfect candidate for a historic house tour. When such a house also has an interesting story, it’s a home run.  Several distinctive residences will … Read more