{"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":"2026-09-30T14:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:10:30","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>Thank you to all who supported us during Mohawk Valley Gives on September 18th.\u00a0 We were able to raise over $2000 so we will receive a private match outside of the Mohawk Valley Gives site of another $2000.<\/p>\r\n<p>Thanks also goes to those who visited our food booth during Cruisin&#8217; on September 19th.\u00a0 We sold out of all of our sandwiches by approximately 2 p.m.\u00a0 We so appeciate the support.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Coming up next October 24th Spirits and Specters of Waterville Cemetery Tours! Meet 6 new spirits from Waterville&#8217;s past as your take a guided luminary lit tour of the Waterville Cemetery.\u00a0 Tours will leave every half hour from the historical society between 6 p.m. and 8p.m. on the 24th. Tickets are $5 \/person.\u00a0 For more information call us at 315-202-4102.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-871\" src=\"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Black-and-White-Spooky-Halloween-Party-Flyer-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Black-and-White-Spooky-Halloween-Party-Flyer-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Black-and-White-Spooky-Halloween-Party-Flyer-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Black-and-White-Spooky-Halloween-Party-Flyer-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Black-and-White-Spooky-Halloween-Party-Flyer-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Black-and-White-Spooky-Halloween-Party-Flyer.jpg 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/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":28,"href":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":872,"href":"https:\/\/watervillenyhistorical.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591\/revisions\/872"}],"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}]}}