Historical Society of Hammonton

Membership Meeting
2023-05-04 18:00 - 18:45, 2023-04-06 18:00 - 18:45, 2023-03-02 18:00 - 18:45 (America/New_York) | Canoe Club at Hammonton Lake Park, 100 Sports Drive, Hammonton, 08037
Our next membership meeting is at 6:00 PM at the Canoe Club located in Hammonton Lake Park. Please note the new start time.

Admission is FREE, and the PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED to attend. No HSH membership required!

Museum is Open
2023-05-02 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York), 2023-04-29 11:00 - 14:00 UTC, 2023-04-25 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York), 2023-04-22 11:00 - 14:00 UTC, 2023-04-18 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York), 2023-04-15 11:00 - 14:00 UTC, 2023-04-11 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York), 2023-04-08 11:00 - 14:00 UTC and 16 more dates | HSH Museum, 333 Vine Street, Hammonton, 333 Vine Street, Hammonton, NJ, 08037, United States
Stop by our historic Museum; built in 1887, it served as a former-Town Hall, library, and kindergarten. Browse the exhibits, talk to our volunteers, and share your stories. We’d love to see you!

Speaker Series Presentation - Treasurers from the Parkhurst Attic
2023-04-13 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Canoe Club at Hammonton Lake Park, 100 Sports Drive, Hammonton, 08037
The Historical Society of Hammonton (HSH) will hold its FREE-to-the-public Speaker Series on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 7 PM at the Canoe Club, Hammonton Lake Park.

Mr. William H. Parkhurst will bring in a number of historical items from his home, some of which will soon find a home in the HSH Museum in the coming months. This is exciting news as the Parkhurst family was among the first settlers into the Hammonton area in the original New England migration over 150 years ago!

Bill, a life-long resident and long-time member and officer of the Historical Society, owned and operated a very successful farm supply business for many years on White Horse Pike, and still interacts with many of our local farmers. For all of these reasons, one would be hard-pressed to find anyone more in touch with our history and community!

Members are also encouraged to bring in an item or two that you might want to share with the group (no need to donate to the museum, this is show and tell).

If you can’t attend the presentation, come in and play back recordings of this and dozens of other past presentations. Monthly meetings and presentations will continue the first Thursday of each month through June, resuming again in the fall.
Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs within the Department of State, through funds administered by the Atlantic County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs.

Speaker Series Presentation - Speaker Series Presentation - Dr. Samantha S. Nivison, 19th Century Healer and Sanitarium Founder, Presented by Deborah White
2023-03-02 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Canoe Club at Hammonton Lake Park, 100 Sports Drive, Hammonton, 08037
The Historical Society of Hammonton (HSH) will hold its FREE-to-the-public Speaker Series on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 7 PM at the Canoe Club, Hammonton Lake Park.
Dr. Samantha S. Nivison, a 19th Century Healer and Founder of Hammonton’s Summit Grove Place Sanitarium, was one of Hammonton’s most notable, and possibly maligned, residents of the late 1800’s. Dr. Nivison fought to save the most vulnerable, including foundlings from New York and Philadelphia, but was cast off by “proper” Victorian society. A pioneering female physician at the forefront of holistic care, Dr. Nivison’s story is largely unknown and misunderstood by many.

Our featured speaker is Deborah K. White, HSH’s Museum Curator and retired respiratory therapist and pulmonary function technologist. Deborah previously supervised the Pulmonary Function Lab at the St. Louis Children’s Hospital & Mercy Hospital in St, Louis. Deborah earned her BS in Forest Zoology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Syracuse University) and an AAS in Respiratory Therapy from SUNY Upstate Medical College (Syracuse, NY). She has contributed to and authored several chapters and peer-reviewed articles on pediatric pulmonary function testing, respiratory physiology, and SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).

If you can’t attend the presentation, come in and play back recordings of this and dozens of other past presentations. Monthly meetings and presentations will continue the first Thursday of each month through June, resuming again in the fall.
Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs within the Department of State, through funds administered by the Atlantic County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs.
