Germantown Historical Society – The NW Local Paper

The More You Know

January 28, 2024 Carolyn Fillmore 0

📜 Black History is American History! Dive in this February, with a month of exciting FREE events by Historic Germantown. [more…]

Tuomi’s Time Machine: Eyes on the Avenue

February 23, 2023 Alex Bartlett 0

A brief history of Shopping While Black in Germantown. [more…]

Tuomi’s Time Machine: Wintertide Glide

January 28, 2023 Alex Bartlett 1

Historic hot spots for neighborhood ice skating [more…]

Tuomi’s Time Machine: New Light Special

July 25, 2021 Alex Bartlett 0

Decades after Allen’s Department Store closed its doors, the building may soon find a new purpose. [more…]

First-Class Disaster

May 31, 2021 The Local 0

A Germantown heiress’ Titanic tale. [more…]

An Unsung Hero

February 20, 2021 Alex Bartlett 1

Long overdue praise for a Germantown civil rights activist [more…]

Bright Lights

September 19, 2020 Alex Bartlett 0

Founded in the Great Depression, the Germantown Theatre Guild provided hope during troubling times [more…]

Kodak Keepsakes

September 27, 2019 Carolyn Fillmore 0

A suitcase of memories from Germantown’s last hurrah. [more…]

New Sites, Old Favorites

July 27, 2019 Tuomi Forrest 0

Centuries of local history to explore — right in our own backyard! [more…]

Going back in time with Tuomi Forrest, Executive Director of Historic Germantown, as he picks some of his favorite images from the Germantown Historical Society’s extensive collection. For the first installment of the Time Machine, [more…]