A BRIEF HISTORY OF NORWELL

Take a virtual tour of the Society's Museum.

Learn more about this eminent African-American family from the Mount Blue area.

Home to shipbuilders in the Church Hill/Stetson area, take a tour of this historic home.

The Norwell Historical Commission worked with the Society to create this video highlighting the history and significance of 690 Main Street--today's Cheever Tavern.

The Norwell Historical Commission worked with the Society to create this video highlighting the history and significance of the barn and the house at 127 Main Street--the Eunice Clapp Farm.

The Norwell Historical Commission worked with the Society to create this video highlighting the history and significance of the house at 840 Main Street--the Capt. Thomas Southworth house.

Get out of the house, drive around Norwell, and learn some history! Click HERE to begin.

The State Library of Massachusetts has most of Norwell's (1888+), South Scituate's (1849-1887), and Scituate's (1848 and before) Annual Reports. Here is the LINK that brings you there.

The Norwell Public Library has posted many old yearbooks to the Digital Commonwealth.  Here is the LINK to the site.

The 1857 Walling Map of Plymouth County shows South Scituate in detail--zoom in closely at this LINK. The 1879 map of South Scituate can be viewed at this LINK. The 1903 Norwell map is viewable at this LINK.

If you would like to research the history of your Norwell home--in order to get a historic plaque or just for fun--the Historical Society has a Guide for Researching Your Historic Home at this LINK.   

The Massachusetts Historical Commission maintains a database of historic homes in Norwell and throughout the Commonwealth called MACRIS. To view the listing, use this LINK.

The Plymouth County Registry of Deeds has a database of documents from 1686 until today. Remember: if you are searching for a deed in Norwell prior to 1888, you must search in the town of Scituate.

The Stetson Kindred of America (founded in 1905) is a non-profit organization made up of descendants of Cornet Robert and Honour Stetson. To view their brochure, use this LINK.