PHS and the Community, Programs & Exhibits, Special Events, Tours & Walks
Join us for a walking tour of the Nathaniel Felton Senior and Junior houses on Felton St., Peabody, Massachusetts. Eleanor Felton crossed over the Atlantic from England to Salem in 1635, alone, with her three children. With every generation of Felton, and later Smith,...
Blog, PHS and the Community
July 1, 2025 | Sophia Richter | 15 minute read In the weeks after Juneteenth, and days before Independence Day, we look at what the abolition movement looked like in Peabody leading up to the Emancipation Proclamation Act of 1865. Abolition most commonly...