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      • Joe Mullens
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      • Harold Ripley >
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        • Moving Day
        • Two Of Us Are Left
      • Percy Wyman Stories >
        • A Day In The Life Of A Boy
        • The Kaolin Mine
        • Mrs. Josephine Sheffield Porter
        • Percy Wyman's Younger Life
        • Shoeing Cattle
        • Breezy Hill Farm
        • North Blandford
        • Building A Stone Wall
        • Going To The Grist Mill
        • Chestnut Trees
        • Evening Star Of Life
        • Bygone Fourths
        • Troubles With Overland 83B
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        • Harriet Maria Hinsdale
        • Old Meeting House Marker
      • Madeline Waite >
        • North Blandford's Older Industries
      • Harry Waite >
        • Good Old Days In North Blandford
      • Irene Merrill Mason >
        • 1829 Turnpike and Gatehouse
      • Robert F. Wood >
        • Reverend Sumner Gilbert Wood
      • Sumner G. Wood >
        • Fifty Years Ago
        • How Blandford Viewed The Railroad
      • Elsie Gibbs Hill >
        • Frank Nelson Gibbs
      • Springfield Republican >
        • The Mountain House
        • Blandford Hunt and Banquet
        • Dr. Wallace H. Deane
      • Barbara McCorkindale >
        • Irreverent Look At Our Forebears
        • Blandford's Lost Gold Mine
        • Springfield Ski Club
      • The Blandford Girls
      • Rev. Frank A. Higgins >
        • Basketry In Blandford
      • Susan B. Tiffany >
        • Quilting
      • Clarence Bates >
        • Tanning
      • Barbara Brainerd >
        • A Town's Special Treasure
      • Duane Wyman >
        • Blandford Cemeteries - A History of Time
      • Betsy (Cross) Brooks >
        • J. J. Cross
        • Cobble Mountain, The End Of An Era
      • Dr. Howard Gibbs >
        • A Visit To Aunt Hannah
        • Deacon's Son and Parson's Daughter
      • Henry B. Russell >
        • More Blandford Notes
      • Plumb Brown >
        • Cheese Making
      • Natalie Birrell >
        • Gerald Wise
      • Lorinda Loomis Gibbs >
        • White Church at North Blandford
      • Gordon C. Rowley >
        • Musical Instruments 1st Cong Church
      • Hannah Gibbs Diary
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The White Church

The White Church is currently owned and maintained by the Blandford Historical Society.  Built in 1822, designed by Isaac Damon, the White Church is used today for concerts, weddings, family reunions and other events.

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Historic Documents

We have taken advantage of a digitizing project at the Boston Public Library and here are links to three of the documents that they have digitized for us.
Proceedings of the Blandford Lyceum Society and the Young Men's Literary Association [1829-1950]
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Address delivered before the Literary Association, Blandford, Mass., Sept. 21, 1850, upon the history of that town By Wm. Gibbs. It includes a substantial amount of early Blandford biographical material.

“The Christian warriour: a sermon preach'd at the French Meeting House in Boston”, [actually the Old South Meeting House] March 17th, 1744,5 by Wm. McClenachan, [the 1
st Pastor of Blanford, MA]
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Blandford Historical Society Board 2025 - 2026
Executive Board
President - Chips Norcross
Vice President - ​Jane Rohman
Vice President - Gary Hart
 
Treasurer - Chuck Benson
Secretary - Melissa Hamm
Curator - Judith MacKinnon

Directors

Nancy Ackley
Linda Barnard
Mary Hull
Robert Kidd
Peter Langmore
Randy Garfield
Terry Garfield

Emeritus Board Members
Barb Bouley
Mick Brennan
Mary Kronholm

Pamela Rideout
Joe Taudel

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Street:  1 North Street, Blandford, MA 01008
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  • Home
  • Resources
    • Blandford's History
    • Blandford Families >
      • Blair Family
      • Boise Family
      • Hayden Family
      • Knox Family
      • Wyman Family
    • Audio/Visual and Oral Histories >
      • Legacy and Oral Histories
      • Oral Histories
    • Blandford Cemeteries >
      • Old Burying Ground >
        • p 2 Old Burying Ground
        • p 3 Old Burying Ground
        • p 4 Old Burying Ground
        • p 5 Old Burying Ground
        • p 6 Old Burying Ground
        • p 7 Old Burying Ground
        • p 8 Old Burying Ground
        • P 9 Old Burying Ground
        • P 10 Old Burying Ground
        • P 11 Old Burying Ground
        • Names and Grave Locations Old Burying Ground
    • Stories, Memoirs and Histories >
      • Edna (Wyman) Hart Stories >
        • My Memoirs
        • Old Fashioned Recipes For Common Ailments
        • Remembrances
      • Doris W. Hayden >
        • I Remember
        • The Ashmuns of Blandford
        • Believe It Or Not
        • Blandford Postmasters
        • The Reverend Cushing Eells
        • Harvesting Ice
        • Hayden Pond
        • Kaolin Road in Blandford
        • Local Picture Writings
        • Mrs. Josephine Porter
        • Sunset Rock
        • How It Was Done
        • Weaving
        • Mari C. Gibbs
        • Obituary For A Law Office
        • Outlying Blandford Burial Places
        • Don't Wake Up Elizabeth
        • Hastings Family Reminiscences
        • Lucelia Cook's Diary
        • Union Agricultural Society Beginnings
        • Woman Ahead Of Her Time?
        • Blandford Baptist Church
      • Wallace R. Heady
      • Charles Taggart
      • Louise Mason >
        • The Huckleberry Trolley
      • Joe Mullens
      • Esther (Hart) Ripley
      • Harold Ripley >
        • Blandford Fair Memories
        • Moving Day
        • Two Of Us Are Left
      • Percy Wyman Stories >
        • A Day In The Life Of A Boy
        • The Kaolin Mine
        • Mrs. Josephine Sheffield Porter
        • Percy Wyman's Younger Life
        • Shoeing Cattle
        • Breezy Hill Farm
        • North Blandford
        • Building A Stone Wall
        • Going To The Grist Mill
        • Chestnut Trees
        • Evening Star Of Life
        • Bygone Fourths
        • Troubles With Overland 83B
      • Blandford Monthly >
        • Harriet Maria Hinsdale
        • Old Meeting House Marker
      • Madeline Waite >
        • North Blandford's Older Industries
      • Harry Waite >
        • Good Old Days In North Blandford
      • Irene Merrill Mason >
        • 1829 Turnpike and Gatehouse
      • Robert F. Wood >
        • Reverend Sumner Gilbert Wood
      • Sumner G. Wood >
        • Fifty Years Ago
        • How Blandford Viewed The Railroad
      • Elsie Gibbs Hill >
        • Frank Nelson Gibbs
      • Springfield Republican >
        • The Mountain House
        • Blandford Hunt and Banquet
        • Dr. Wallace H. Deane
      • Barbara McCorkindale >
        • Irreverent Look At Our Forebears
        • Blandford's Lost Gold Mine
        • Springfield Ski Club
      • The Blandford Girls
      • Rev. Frank A. Higgins >
        • Basketry In Blandford
      • Susan B. Tiffany >
        • Quilting
      • Clarence Bates >
        • Tanning
      • Barbara Brainerd >
        • A Town's Special Treasure
      • Duane Wyman >
        • Blandford Cemeteries - A History of Time
      • Betsy (Cross) Brooks >
        • J. J. Cross
        • Cobble Mountain, The End Of An Era
      • Dr. Howard Gibbs >
        • A Visit To Aunt Hannah
        • Deacon's Son and Parson's Daughter
      • Henry B. Russell >
        • More Blandford Notes
      • Plumb Brown >
        • Cheese Making
      • Natalie Birrell >
        • Gerald Wise
      • Lorinda Loomis Gibbs >
        • White Church at North Blandford
      • Gordon C. Rowley >
        • Musical Instruments 1st Cong Church
      • Hannah Gibbs Diary
    • School Photos
    • 1865 Civil War Diary of Daniel Ware
    • Blandford Bicentennial
    • Blandford In The News >
      • 1875 News
      • 1900 News
      • 1925 News >
        • February 1925
        • March 1925
        • April 1925
        • May 1925
        • June 1925
        • July 1925
        • August 1925
        • September 1925
        • October 1925
        • November 1925
      • 1950 News >
        • February 1950
        • March 1950
        • April 1950
        • May 1950
        • June 1950
        • July 1950
        • August 1950
        • September 1950
        • October 1950
        • November 1950
  • Blogs
    • Old Blandford News
    • 1866 Diary of Mary (Knox) Herrick
    • 1865 Diary of Mary (Knox) Herrick
  • Photos
  • Shop
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
  • Search
  • Newsletter/Membership Forms
    • Membership Dues