It seems the Hamilton “Fever” is bigger than what we ever imagined. WVEC, Channel13 News contacted the Museum and filmed a story about the letter as well as what is going on at the Hill House. Also, a video is embedded in the Virginian-Pilot article published on Sunday. Attached are both links for your viewing pleasure.
https://pilotonline.com/news/local/history/article_0b6f2106-66a3-5ab5-a618-033d4574808c.html
Alexander Hamilton at the Hill House. The Hamilton letter owned by PHA is being auctioned off in March. Check out the link below on the article from the front page of the Virginian-Pilot for more information.
https://pilotonline.com/…/article_0b6f2106-66a3-5ab5-a618-0…
While Grandma Collins and the Music Room are being restored the current furnishings, paintings, rugs, and other miscellaneous items are stored in the front parlors of the Museum. As you can see we do not lack for furniture. So, we have asked ourselves can we squeeze in anything else? However, we will remember where everything goes.
Continue to watch us on Facebook as the rooms transform or call/email to set-up a visit to see it in person.
Recently, a piece of wood was found in a drawer, and on it has a description of its’ origin. The wood is described as follows: “A piece of wood from a window framing in the house in which the Emperor Napoleon 1st lived and died at St. Helena…” The Longwood House was the final residence of Napoleon Bonaparte, during his exile on the island of St. Helena, from December 10, 1815 until his death on May 5, 1821.
Learn more about Longwood House on St. Helena click on this link
This is the time of year when we invite our members to renew membership dues, and invite new members to join the Portsmouth Historical Association. Your dues go to support a community-minded and non-profit organization. You contribute to the preservation of Portsmouth’s historical documents and artifacts, and to the maintenance of Portsmouth’s only historical house museum, The Hill House. The Portsmouth Historical Association is a 501(c)(3) organization and your membership dues are tax deductible.
If you like what we’re doing, and would like to help us continue, please renew your membership or join, and consider encouraging a friend or neighbor to join.
Choose your level of support:
Benefactor: $1000
Sponsor: $500
Donor: $100
Patron: $75
Sustaining: $50
Family: $35
Individual: $20
You can renew your membership, join, or make a contribution through Paypal on the website, email us, or mail your payment to the Hill House Museum. Email: info@thehillhousemuseum.org
David
President of the Portsmouth Historical Association
Thanks to everyone who helped with the fundraising efforts toward the restoration of the dining room knife boxes. They have been restored and returned back to the museum and look amazing. Please stop by check and them out.
The Portsmouth Historical Association is selling prints of Views of Norfolk and Portsmouth. The views depict both cities prior to the Civil War. It measures 24 x 30 and on a heavy cardstock paper. It is ready to be framed or can be hung on your wall as is. It comes shrink wrapped in cardboard and is $35. If interested please contact us at info@thehillhousemuseum.org.
On July 3, 1909 two of the Hill Sisters, Evelyn and Elizabeth "Lizzie", left the Carolinas for the Seaboard Air Line Tour. The sisters would travel through the Rocky Mountains and Colorado arriving on the Pacific Coast in Los Angeles, California. Also, they would visit the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in Seattle through Yellowstone National Park. In the two attached pictures you can view the actual invitation for this trip and the group the sisters traveled with boarding the train. In the next few weeks parts of their trip will be documented so you too can travel with them via Facebook….All Aboard!!!
The Hill Sisters enjoyed the company of many animals at their Sea Breeze Farm in Virginia Beach. However, one dog stands out as being very special. On June 30, 1943 a local newspaper reported the Hill sisters contributing to an animal shelter fund in honor of one of their dogs known as Peggy. Peggy was rescued by the Hill family when they found her in a bedraggled state on the beach when her owners tried to dispose of her overboard a boat. Fate had saved Peggy that day, and because of this rescue she lived to a ripe age of 18. Many animals inhabited Sea Breeze Farm, and from the love and care given by the Hill Family their lives were rich and filled with love.
