Inside and Outside the “New” Meekins
The original granite Putnam & Bayley Meekins Library was built in 1896 and remains an iconic structure in the center…
What’s Cooking?
What are you cooking at home these days? What did your mother cook? How about your grandmother? There have been…
The 1874 Flood and Flying
The Mill River Disaster of May 16, 1874, was a day that changed Williamsburg, Mass., forever. May 15-21, 1938 was…
Look Up, Look Down—A Stroll Inside Meekins
The wonderful Meekins Library is full of surprises! Strolling all around inside the Library there is so much to see—not…
Village Hill Cemetery: Beautiful in Every Season
You can walk through the “New” Village Hill Cemetery at any time of year, and it is always stunning—Spring, Summer,…
A Spoonful of Memories
Do you remember commemorative or souvenir spoons? Have you looked in that unopened drawer recently? Did your aunt or your…
It’s Story Time!
Do you remember story time at the Meekins Library? Did you come with your parents or siblings to listen to…
Going Up The Hill
Petticoat Hill got its interesting name in the town’s earliest years, reportedly from its female residents’ many petticoats flapping in…
A Little Bit of Scotland at Meekins
Have you ever looked up the steps to the entryway of the original 1896 Meekins Library building? Flanking the big…
The Old Parsonage
If you walked up Village Hill before 1940, you would have seen the simple country home used as the parsonage…
Window Art
Look closely at the windows of the original 1896 Meekins Library and what do you see? Beautiful leaded stained-glass transoms…
Helen and Lyman D. James House: Then and Now
When Helen E. Field, from Conway, Mass., married Lyman D. James, life-long Williamsburg resident, at twenty, she began her long…