The Westfield Historical Society is located at:
The Reeve House
314 Mountain Avenue Westfield, NJ 07090
Tel: (908) 654-1794
Archive located at:
302 Elm Street, Westfield, NJ
Board of Education Building - 3rd Floor
Hours:
Tuesday 10am-12 pm 2pm - 4pm
Thursday 2pm - 4pm
Reeve House Tours by Appointment or
Sunday: 1pm - 3 pm
The Society seeks to:
- preserve and share the rich heritage of the Westfield Area for future generations,
-to give voice to under-represented groups and tell the story of the common person;
-to build and support a community of people interested in history and culture;
-and provide tools for historical research and publication.
The Reeve History & Cultural Resource Center is home to the Westfield, New Jersey, Historical Society. It houses the Westfield Historical museum focused on the history of Westfield from Colonial times through today.
This 1870's home is now the headquarters of the Westfield Historical Society which also owns the Miller - Cory House Museum located at 614 Mountain Avenue.
The Miller - Cory Museum is open for special events throughout the summer weekends and on holidays. A listing of Miller - Cory events is available on the Miller - Cory House Museum website.
The circa-1740 Miller-Cory House was acquired by the Society in 1971. Located at 614 Mountain Avenue, it is operated as a “living museum” and staffed by Society volunteers.
Both the Reeve House and the Miller-Cory House are a registered as national and state historic sites.
The Society also has an extensive collection, stored at our Archive, and open to the public on Tuesday mornings 10 am. to 12 pm. at the Westfield Board of Education Building, 302 Elm Street, Rooms 300 to 302.
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Come Join Us for Our Lucheon Series!
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 - Jim Hewitt, Trinity Church Part II.
To reserve your place at the luncheon, call 908-233-2930 by noon on Monday, April 29th. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for non-members, including gratuity. To check out our other talks please take a look at our Lectures and Speakers page.
Please don't forget to renew your annual membership for 2013. You won't be able to vote for the Officers and Trustees at the Annual Dinner unless you have renewed your membership!
Please help us build our funding to create the Archive Building so all of our historical archives will be available as part of the Reeve History and Cultural Resource Center. Follow the membership link at the bottom of the page to renew today via credit card. We really appreciate your support! If your not a member yet, become one! We need everyone's help in order to build our archive building at the Reeve History and Cultural Resource Center.
Check out coverage of our membership drive on the Patch.
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