Hingham Historical Society

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Visit us at Old Derby Academy, an elegant Federal-era schoolhouse, and at the Old Ordinary, an 18th century home and tavern on the Boston Plymouth stage route. Call 781-749-771 or visit us at the Out of the Ordinary Gift Shop at Old Derby to learn more about our events and activities. 
   

Celebrate your weddings, receptions, and other happy events in the elegant 19th-century, Federal style structure on Main Street in Hingham.  Old Derby Academy is where you can feel history while you take a step into the future.

Enjoy the ambience of this historic schoolhouse where boys and girls learned Latin, mathematics, needlework and dancing more than 200 years ago.  For rental information click here
 

 

      

 

The Tap Room in the Old Ordinary, a one-time way station, where weary travelers or residents of Hingham could get a meal, a drink and conversation with such as Daniel Webster and Benjamin Lincoln, a Revolutionary War general who fought with George Washington. Today, the 17th-century structure is a house museum owned and operated by the Hingham Historical Society.

Opens June 15 for the 2010 season.  Tours Tuesday-Saturday - adults $5. children $3.
 

 

       Main Office - 781-749-7721   ---    Out of the Ordinary Gift Shop - 781-749-1288 
 

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