Lawnside Heritage Day
The festival will be held both in Lawnside Park and at the Peter Mott House.
Peter Mott House: RE-VISITED
The Peter Mott House will be reopening to public tours with new features to the museum and historical site.
HistoryMoment @ Lawnside Historical Society – April 2023
A Mutually Beneficial Society, The Odd Fellows of Lawnside
Black History Month Program
Visualizing the Past: When They Tried to Split Lawnside + Black History Month Program with Gilda Rogers, executive director of the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center.
HistoryMoment @ Lawnside Historical Society – March 2023
Visualizing the Past: A Poet, An Educator and a Woman of the Year: Lawnside Women
The Story of the Lawnside Volunteer Fire Company No. 1
Samuel “Butch” Funches, Jr., a lifelong member and former chief of the Lawnside Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 will talk about its 110-year history in a Zoom presentation. Listen to learn about the culture, family traditions and service the company has done for the community.
32nd Anniversary of the Society at the Peter Mott House Underground Railroad Museum
The Lawnside Historical Society invites the public to celebrate the 32nd Anniversary of the Society at the Peter Mott House Underground Railroad Museum, Saturday, Oct. 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. […]
Special Event: Our Sacred Place: Mount Peace with Historian Paul Schopp
Join us for a special night with Historian Paul Schopp as he recounts the history of the Mount Peace Cemetery, Lawnside’s sacred burial ground for African Americans throughout the Delaware Valley.
The Young Blacks of Lawnside
Gordon Higgs, president of The Young Blacks, takes stock of the organization along with other members at this special session on the Black Power Era in Lawnside from the late 1960s into the 1970s.
Lawnside Historical Society Monthly Meeting with Andrea Tingey, NJ Historic Preservation Office
Lawnside Public School was the center of community life and government. Learn about it via Zoom when Andrea Tingey of the N.J. Historic Preservation Office explains the school’s nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Please register here in advance to attend this meeting.