Walking Tour of North Andover’s Old Center

Explore the Old Center of Andover, an early community on the shore of lake Cochichewick once home to poet Anne Bradstreet. Also heavily involved in the Salem Witch Trials, the tour will feature architectural, cultural, and industrial history as we tour historic houses, graveyards, and the many features that make North Andover “A good in-land town.” Tours will be conducted by the Coordinator of Education for the North Andover Historical Society.

Leaving promptly at 10:00 AM from the Stevens Center, 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover MA

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/8dbf13e3-a432-47f3-bf9e-a6c8e3c54a35

Explore The Parson Barnard House, a parsonage built in 1715 and kept as a museum by the North Andover Historical Society. Each room is appointed to show the change in wealth, style, and taste of the house's inhabitants over time. Built by Rev. Thomas Barnard, a critic of the Witch Trials. William Symmes Jr, cast the pivotal vote in the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and called this stately saltbox home. As did Simeon Putnam, headmaster of the county’s first co-ed schoolhouse. A docent will be present to guide your visit.

Johnson Cottage – Open House Website Description – Explore Johnson Cottage, a classic cottage built in the 1790s and kept as a museum by the North Andover Historical Society. See what life was like in postrevolutionary Andover for a humble carpenter’s family of five. Appointed to appear lived-in and full of environmental story telling. A docent will be present to answer questions.

The vibrant community of the Merrimack Valley is set to come alive with the launch of a new monthly theatre event at the state-of-the-art Worden Theatre at NAHS’s community hub, the Stevens Center. Proudly presented by the North Andover Historical Society, this exciting program promises to captivate audiences with a series of thought-provoking and hilarious stories. Penned and directed by lifelong North Andover resident Robert E Kellan MD, eye surgeon, novelist, and playwright; the play readings will be staged in collaboration with the Acting Out Theatre Company of Lawrence, whose mission is to reward local talent with the opportunity to be part of the theatre experience.

Join us for this documentary in partnership with the First Parish Climate Justice Group!

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code delves into the story of the worst heat disaster in U.S. history in 1995 in Chicago, when 739 residents—mostly elderly and black—died over the course of one week. The film links the deadly heat wave's devastation back to the manmade disaster of structural racism, shining a light on the issues of poverty, race, class, and education that underlie how natural disasters take lives

The film follows three best friends who are unaware that they are witches and that their regular meetings have formed an informal coven; the arrival in town of a mysterious man who starts courting them marks the start of a back-and-forth between him and the three women.

Filmed on locations in Massachusetts; in Cohasset, Marblehead, and Scituate. Castle Hill in Ipswich was used for the exterior of the Lenox Mansion, while the lobby of the Wang Theatre in Boston stood in for the main hall.

Tickets available at the above ticket link:

NAHS Members: Get in Free with your member code

Non Member Adults: $10

Walking Tour of North Andover’s Old Center

Explore the Old Center of Andover, an early community on the shore of lake Cochichewick once home to poet Anne Bradstreet. Also heavily involved in the Salem Witch Trials, the tour will feature architectural, cultural, and industrial history as we tour historic houses, graveyards, and the many features that make North Andover “A good in-land town.” Tours will be conducted by the Coordinator of Education for the North Andover Historical Society.

Leaving promptly at 10:00 AM from the Stevens Center, 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover MA

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/8dbf13e3-a432-47f3-bf9e-a6c8e3c54a35

Explore The Parson Barnard House, a parsonage built in 1715 and kept as a museum by the North Andover Historical Society. Each room is appointed to show the change in wealth, style, and taste of the house's inhabitants over time. Built by Rev. Thomas Barnard, a critic of the Witch Trials. William Symmes Jr, cast the pivotal vote in the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and called this stately saltbox home. As did Simeon Putnam, headmaster of the county’s first co-ed schoolhouse. A docent will be present to guide your visit.

Johnson Cottage – Open House Website Description – Explore Johnson Cottage, a classic cottage built in the 1790s and kept as a museum by the North Andover Historical Society. See what life was like in postrevolutionary Andover for a humble carpenter’s family of five. Appointed to appear lived-in and full of environmental story telling. A docent will be present to answer questions.

Anne Bradstreet: “Of Poetry & Archaeology”

Walking tour and Presentation in the Worden Theater

Learn about the first published poet of The New World, Anne Bradstreet, in this exciting combination of walking tour and theater presentation. Visitors will see and experience the landscape that Anne called home during her most prolific years of poetry writing. Following the tour, join us for an update on the exciting archaeology going on in North Andover to find Anne’s burnt home and a specially produced video on Archaeology 101.

FREE EVENT. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.

Join Harvard Professor Ian Jared Miller for this exciting talk about the history and future of energy generation!

Join us in our full-sized and state-of-the art Worden Theater for this family friendly adaptation of Edger Allen Poe's, The Raven.

Cheesy horror film legend Roger Corman directs an all-star cast including; Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and even a young Jack Nicholson.

• NAHS Members get in FREE with your discount code.

• Non-Members Adult - $10

• Non-Members Child - $5

RESERVE TICKETS HERE

It's a safe bet that most people in the region have heard of the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials. They may not realize that they were named as such because Salem is where the court was located and those who were found guilty were executed. However, the trials affected most of the towns north of Boston.

Andover had 45 accusations of witchcraft, which was more than any other community. The town had a population of 600 people; about half of them were involved, either as accusers or an accused.

Witchcraft trials expert Richard Hite, author of In The Shadow of Salem, and Carol Majahad, former director/educator of the North Andover Historical Society, will host a tour of North Andover locations that were involved in the witchcraft trials. Attendees will see and learn about the Parson Barnard House, the Old Burial Ground, Rev. Francis Dane and his home, and the location of the meeting house.

Join us at the historic 1715 Parson Barnard House historic house museum and experience the house as it was during four different time periods from 1715 to 1830.

NOTE: No First Saturday at the Johnson Cottage this month.

Join us in our full-sized and state-of-the-art Worden Theater for a showing of the world's first Mockumentary, Häxan.

Häxan purports to chart the historical roots and superstitions surrounding witchcraft, beginning in the Middle Ages through the 20th century.

"Part earnest academic exercise in correlating ancient fears with misunderstandings about mental illness and part salacious horror movie, Häxan is truly a unique work that still holds power to unnerve, even in today's jaded era." - Stephen Jay Schneider, Film Historian.

• NAHS Members get in FREE with your discount code.

• Non-Members Adult - $10

RESERVE TICKETS HERE

The movie of Ann Foster, featuring multiple screenings (1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm), presents an expanded story with talk-back after each presentation with the author and producer, Lori Prescott Hansen.

This program is co-sponsored by the North Andover Historical Society and the Friends of the 1836 Meeting House.

Join us in our full-sized and state-of-the-art Worden Theater for a showing of the Halloween family classic, Hocus-Pocus.

The Sanderson Sisters are back in the modern-day Salem and out for revenge on the town that hung them back in 1692. Can some local kids and a talking cat defeat the witches before it's too late?

The NAHS is proud to bring a movie that has become a yearly tradition for many back to the big screen.

• NAHS Members get in FREE with your discount code.

• Non-Members Adult - $10

• Non-Member Children - $5

RESERVE TICKETS HERE

It's a safe bet that most people in the region have heard of the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials. They may not realize that they were named as such because Salem is where the court was located and those who were found guilty were executed. However, the trials affected most of the towns north of Boston.

Andover had 45 accusations of witchcraft, which was more than any other community. The town had a population of 600 people; about half of them were involved, either as accusers or an accused.

Witchcraft trials expert Richard Hite, author of In The Shadow of Salem, and Carol Majahad, former director/educator of the North Andover Historical Society, will host a tour of North Andover locations that were involved in the witchcraft trials. Attendees will see and learn about the Parson Barnard House, the Old Burial Ground, Rev. Francis Dane and his home, and the location of the meeting house.

The vibrant community of the Merrimack Valley is set to come alive with the launch of a new monthly theatre event at the state-of-the-art Worden Theatre at NAHS’s community hub, the Stevens Center. Proudly presented by the North Andover Historical Society, this exciting program promises to captivate audiences with a series of thought-provoking and hilarious stories. Penned and directed by lifelong North Andover resident Robert E Kellan MD, eye surgeon, novelist, and playwright; the play readings will be staged in collaboration with the Acting Out Theatre Company of Lawrence, whose mission is to reward local talent with the opportunity to be part of the theatre experience.

Join us in our state-of-the-art Worden Theater for a showing of the critically acclaimed horror film, The VVItch.

Robert Eggers directs this enchanting and haunting horror film that shows a very accurate portrayal of life in 1600s New England...until the witch shows up.

• NAHS Members get in FREE with your discount code.

• Non-Members Adult - $10

TICKET RESERVATIONS HERE

Johnson was accused of witchcraft in 1692 along with more than 200 other women and men in Salem. Of those convicted, 19 were hanged and four others died in prison – Johnson was set to be executed, too, but was later spared.

And yet, during Johnson’s lifetime and over the centuries that followed, her name was never actually cleared. It wasn’t until Carrie LaPierre, an eighth-grade civics teacher at North Andover Middle School, came across her story and involved her students in her case that Massachusetts legislators took notice.

The vibrant community of the Merrimack Valley is set to come alive with the launch of a new monthly theatre event at the state-of-the-art Worden Theatre at NAHS’s community hub, the Stevens Center. Proudly presented by the North Andover Historical Society, this exciting program promises to captivate audiences with a series of thought-provoking and hilarious stories. Penned and directed by lifelong North Andover resident Robert E Kellan MD, eye surgeon, novelist, and playwright; the play readings will be staged in collaboration with the Acting Out Theatre Company of Lawrence, whose mission is to reward local talent with the opportunity to be part of the theatre experience.