Come Join the Fun! Yard Sale to Benefit the Haverhill Firefighting Museum. Vendors Wanted! Bake Sale Hours: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Saturday, May 31st. Anyone interested please contact Donna Moore rmoore6455@aol.com Rain Date the Following Weekend Save The Date!! 8th Annual Chili Cook-Off is Saturday, September 27, 2014.
Established in 2003, the Haverhill Firefighting Museum is home to the most extensive collection of local artifacts illustrating the history of firefighting from colonial days to present time. Come and See
Mini theatre available with firefighting videos including scenes from actual fires and the documentary "A City in Ruins, The great Conflagration of 1882". We are located in a historic Armory Building at 75 Kenoza Avenue, Haverhill, MA. Open Saturdays from May-October or by appointment. Guided tours are offered and field trips for all ages are encouraged. The museum space is ideal for meetings and small gatherings. We are a BLUE STAR MUSEUM Free Admission is offered to our Service Men and Women and their families as our way of saying Thank You to our troops!
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The MUSEUM IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR THE WINTER. Join us for Opening Day Festivities, May 3rd! Admission to the Museum Adults: $5.00 Children: $2.00 (under 12) Special Family Rate $10.00
Winner of the Name Our Dalmatian Mascot Contest is Mr Robert Moore of Newton, NH with the name: Dottie the Dalmatian 
Haverhill’s First Recorded Fire ---1671---
The first fire recorded in Haverhill’s annals, in 1671, completely destroyed the Matthias Button Homestead, a thatched roof house near the Edward Bricket mansion on
Haverhill’s Need for an Organized Response to Fires ---1697--- ---1708---
During the early years of the 18th century, many of Haverhill’s fires were reportedly set by "marauding Indians," urged on by the French in Canada. On at least two occasions--one on March 15, 1697 and another on August 29, 1708--the Indians massacred settlers, took others captive, and torched their homesteads. These incidents, and others, demonstrated Haverhill’s need for an organized response to fires as well as Indians.
Merrimack Street, in Haverhill, had been menaced many times by fire. Five times within a 40 year period. The Academy of Music Building on Merrimack St. Before and after the fire of July 7, 1888. The building then included the Opera House, Commonwealth Hotel, several stores, offices and apartment. Mutual aid was summoned from Lowell, Lawrence, Exeter, NH and Newburyport.    Fire, October 1977, Merrimack Street. April 25, 1939, Merrimack Street, Haverhill. The Strand Building, including the Strand theatre was practically destroyed, causing a loss of $30,000 dollars. Firefighters were successful in containing the blaze, and saving the surrounding buildings.  |
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