Upcoming Events 2024
Date
Event Name
Saturday, April 27
Call for Volunteers for WHPT’s Garden Committee. This group is responsible for planning, planting, and maintaining several garden plots at the historic Nehemiah Royce House at 538 North Main Street, Wallingford. The group will host its first meeting of the year on Saturday, April 27th from 9:00 - 11:00 am at the Royce House. For more information, email Trustee Richard Straub at rfs58@hotmail.com.
Saturday, May 11, Victorian Spring Tea Register now for our Second Annual Victorian Spring Tea. Two seatings are available: from 11:00- 1:30 pm or 3:00 -5:30 pm. The price is $40 per person. Tea varieties will again be provided by tea master Sarah Glidden of Bones & Botanicals along with a tea sandwich menu, including assorted scones and pastries by Kouign Bakery.
In addition, our event will showcase some items from our recent collaboration with the Wallingford Public Library, “Women & Fashion in the Gilded Age” and, in keeping with our Victorian and Gilded Age themes, there will be opportunities for tea leaf and palm readings. Spiritualism, the belief that the dead can communicate with the living, became a fad throughout America and Europe during the 1850s, attracting individuals from all social classes. Queen Victoria herself used mediums to try to contact her beloved late husband, Prince Albert, after he died in 1861. While we cannot promise a spectral appearance by Franklin Johnson, we can promise that a spectacular time will be had by all.
Pre-sales have started and space is limited. Please register by emailing kay@ctliquorlaw.com or call 203 774-5002.
Thank you to our sponsors of the Victorian Spring Tea: Lead sponsor, GSB, Guilford Savings Bank; JJ Fishbein Insurance Inc.; United Concrete Products Inc.; Dan Combs Real Estate, Inc.; Attorney Jim Loughlin; Bones & Botanicals; Kouign Bakery; Alyssa’s Cakery; Sweet Ciccolata; Wallingford Flower Shoppe; and Wallingford Community Women, Inc.; Hidden Gem on Main; and Donovan Family Confections.
Sunday, May 19, 1:00 - 3:00 pm - Open House at Johnson Mansion and Royce House
Monday, May 20, Volunteer Training Session 11am - 12:30 pm at Johnson Mansion. A strong interest in things historic and comfort level in leading visitors on a house tour are prerequisite. For more information, email Trustee Richard Straub at rfs58@hotmail.com.
Sunday, June 9, 1:00 - 3:00 pm - Open House at Johnson and Royce House
Tuesday, June 18, Juneteenth Observance - WPL and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 7:00 pm
Sunday, July 14, 1:00 – 3:00 pm - Open House at Johnson Mansion and Royce House
August TBD Children’s Story Time with the WPL
Sunday, September 15, 1:00 – 3:00 pm - Open House at Johnson Mansion and Royce House
Saturday, October 5 and Sunday, October 6, Booth Exhibit at “Celebrate Wallingford”
Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26, Illness and Funerary Practices in Colonial New England at the Nehemiah Royce House time: TBD
Sunday, November 10, 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Open House at Johnson Mansion and Royce House
Sunday, December 15, 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Christmas Open House at Johnson Mansion and Royce House