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Libby Howlett
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Tales of Train Travel
Thomas C. Williams, Jr., was a man of varied interests, both business and personal, as evidenced by where he left his money after he...
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Libby Howlett
- Feb 29
- 3 min
Williams' Wishes
T.C. Williams, Jr. was inspired to create the Windsor Farms neighborhood in the image of an idyllic English village. In the center of his...
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Libby Howlett
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Distinctive Dining Decor
The dining parlor at Agecroft Hall has obviously changed throughout its centuries in existence. While we are not sure when a dining...
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Libby Howlett
- Dec 19, 2023
- 1 min
Season's Greetings from Agecroft Hall
These greeting cards are a few of those held in our collection. They are from the 1880s through 1949. We extend our sincerest wishes for...
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Lauren Hatfield
- Nov 30, 2023
- 3 min
A Roaring 20's Afternoon Tea
During the holiday season, Agecroft Hall is dressed to impress. While wreaths and garlands abound, a special piece of our collection can...
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Education Department
- Oct 13, 2023
- 2 min
The Pendle Witches of Lancashire
“...These are they who by the permission of God disturb the elements, who drive to distraction the minds of men, such as have lost their...
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Libby Howlett
- Sep 26, 2023
- 3 min
Dear Diary - A View of 19th Century World Travel
In the March Ask the Past post, we introduced a Williams’s family letter collection from the family’s voyage around the world--a trip...
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Libby Howlett
- Jul 10, 2023
- 3 min
Fashionable Franklin Street
T.C. Williams, Jr.’s name is inextricably linked to Agecroft, but he only lived in the house for a little over a year before his death at...
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AgecroftHall
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
What Did Shakespeare Look Like??
“To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I ey’d, Such seems your beauty still.” Sonnet 104 What we...
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AgecroftHall
- May 20, 2021
- 1 min
“There was a star danced, and under that was I born.” Much Ado About Nothing: Act 2, Scene 1
Here at Agecroft Hall we look forward every year to a day of festivities honoring the world’s greatest poet and playwright. Today we...
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AgecroftHall
- May 20, 2021
- 2 min
London: A Growing Tudor City
If you were living in London during Shakespeare’s lifetime, you would have been in an exciting and huge city. Shakespeare was working...
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AgecroftHall
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
Acting Companies and Their Patrons
William Shakespeare is best known today for writing his plays and sonnets. But he also worked as a professional actor, and we can see...
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