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Free Walking Tour in the Cheney National Historic District
The public is invited to the 47th annual history walk in the Cheney Brothers District, on Saturday, October 8, starting at 1:00 p.m. in front of 146 Hartford Road, Manchester, the former Cheney Office Building, now Fuss & O’Neill. Find out about the huge brick buildings that remain from the days of the world-famous silk mills. Who worked there? Who owned the mills? Where did workers and owners live? We’ll see Cheney Hall, and the former silk mills, South Manchester Railroad, machine shop, silk vault, neighborhoods of worker housing. The walk takes about two hours with a distance of about one mile. Manchester Community College, MCC, Professor Christopher Paulin will present a lively history of the area, and the Town Historian will present information about the Cheney family. The District walking tour began in 1976 under the leadership of MCC’s Institute of Local History. No rain date, so bring umbrellas if weather is iffy. Extreme weather cancels. Information about the Cheney district and Manchester's history at www.manchesterhistory.org. The walk is co-sponsored by MCC and the Cheney Brothers National Landmark District Commission.
146 Hartford Rd., 06040, View Map
146 Hartford Rd. , 06040
Free
Photo on left: the 2009 walking tour.