{"id":591,"date":"2017-02-12T23:10:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T23:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-08-19T15:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:07:01","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/","title":{"rendered":"About the WHS"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waterville Historical Society is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2026!\u00a0 Help make this year special. Follow the link above for special events and programs.<\/p>\r\n<p>Waterville Historical Society Summer Festival is August 22 and includes Loomis Country Tours, a chicken BBQ and bake sale.\u00a0 Loomis Country Tour Tickets are on sale now, $25 per person.\u00a0 Call for reservations 315-202-4102.\u00a0 Chicken BBQ is $15 per person and includes sides from Michael&#8217;s including Michael&#8217;s famous greens, crispy roasted potatoes and bourbon baked beans. Chicken BBQ will be ready by 11:30 until gone.\u00a0 Reserve your ahead of time by calling WHS at the number above.<\/p>\r\n<p>Support Waterville Historical Society on Friday, September 18th during Mohawk Valley Gives.\u00a0 Look for opportunities to have your donation matched to double your support.\u00a0 Visit GiveMV.org to support us on September 18th.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-861\" src=\"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7060-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7060-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7060.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The Waterville Historical Society works to document, preserve, and educate about the history of the Village of Waterville, N.Y. and surrounding areas \u2014 a small area with a vibrant past! Admission is free, and donations are welcome. We are an all volunteer 501(c)(3). We are open April through December, Wednesdays from 10 to 4, by appointment, and for evening and weekend events. We are open by appointment only January through March.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are located at:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waterville Historical Society<br \/>220 East Main Street<br \/>Waterville NY 13480<br \/>315-202-4102<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can <a href=\"\/wp\/?page_id=590\">contact us via email<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look for us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/watervillehistoricalsociety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/watervillehistoricalsociety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/wp\/wp-login.php\">Staff<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the home page&#8217;s excerpt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-591","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=591"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":864,"href":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591\/revisions\/864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}