Proceeds benefot the Berwick Historical Society

There is only about 40 of 100 of these Limited Edition ornaments left, so if you want one, please e-mail tom.adams@berwickhistoricalsociety.org or call 570-759-8020, while supplies last.

From 1940 through April 17, 1944, the American Car & Foundry in Berwick produced 15,224 Stuart Light Tanks
for the United States Army and Marines and the Lend-Lease Program for the Allies.

The Stuart Tank Committee was established to locate a Berwick-built Stuart tank and return it to Berwick as a Memorial
to the workers who built them and the soldiers, Marines and Allies who rode them into battle.

The Stuart Tank Fund has been established to raise the necessary funds to purchase, transport, restore, display,
insure and maintain the Stuart Tank. Please provide whatever support you can to:

Stuart Tank Fund
c/o Berwick Historical Society
PO Box 301
Berwick, PA 18603-0301

Berwick Historical Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation

Special Thanks goes out to all who helped make the Inaugural Pine Grove Cemetery Tour a Success!

We received very positive comments regarding the tour and hope to plan another for next year.

 

The Berwick Historical Society has contributed some historical content and offered up the
Jackson Mansion as a venue for some of the interviews conducted for public television.
WVIA's Our Town: Berwick - that premiered on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 on WVIA-TV

JACKSON MANSION UPDATE

Keys to the Jackson Mansion were turned over to our organization from Berwick Borough shortly after New Year's 2010. We are now entrusted with the care of the mansion for Berwick Borough and plan to continue our restoration of the historic building as a "house museum".


photo credit: Tom Adams Photography

Jackson Mansion Tours

Although restoration of the Jackson Mansion continues, we are now open for tours on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Guided tours begin at 11:30 a.m. and again at 1:30 p.m. Private and Group tours are also available by special appointment. There is an admission fee. Please contact us at 570-759-8020 or e-mail: mansion.tours@berwickhistoricalsociety.org

(NOTE - NO TOURS BETWEEN JAN 1, 2012 and MARCH 31, 2012)
We will be closed during the winter months for additional restoration.

Revenue raised from tours of the Jackson Mansion go toward the maintenance of the mansion.

The Berwick Historical Society was incorporated on July 26th, 1940
to carry out the following objectives in the Berwick, Pennsylvania area:

  • Identify and encourage the preservation of historical sites and buildings.
  • Collect records, documents and artifacts that pertain to local history
  • Collect and preserve documents and records significant to research in genealogy
  • Encourage the development, writing and publication of local historical research
  • Maintain a library and museum of relevant Berwick historical information and material
  • Promote fellowship among those who have an interest in the Berwick area and its history

The Berwick Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization
recognized by the IRS as such

CARRIAGE HOUSE MUSEUM/LIBRARY

  • New Location: 344 Market Street Rear (Jackson Mansion Carriage House) The former Berwick Police Station
  • Berwick, PA 18603
  • Telephone: (570) 759-8020
  • Hours: Tuesday's — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
                Wednesday's — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m
                 Saturday's — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

NOTE - Additional hours open to the public will be announced as we progress in our move from 102 E Second Street to the Carriage House Museum/Library.

MAILING ADDRESS

Berwick Historical Society
PO Box 301
Berwick, PA 18603-0301

All visitors are welcome to visit our Library and Museum.
 An officer or one of our volunteers, will be pleased to show you around
 and help you to locate material of particular interest to your area of research or study.

Would you like to consider becoming a member of the Berwick Historical Society?
Click here for membership information.

Click here for the officers roster and contact information.

Take a tour through Berwick's past via photographs, postcards and memoirs from the Berwick Historical Society archives.

Sale of the Poor Richard's Almanacs.
The Old Canal Towpath.
Future Features & Society Events.

We encourage your input! Please send comments and querries to any of the officers.