NPHS hosts recurring social/general interest programs, educational events, and large annual community events. Please visit our Facebook page for updates.
Our Special Speaker Series takes place the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm. These programs are free and open to the public.
Knit & Crochet Nights – Last Friday of each month at 6:30pm. Email admin@norwoodparkhisoricalsociety.org for any additional information.
Museum Tours – Saturdays from Noon to 4pm
All programs/events are held at the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House, (unless otherwise noted).
Upcoming Events 2024
Sept 18 – Speaker Series: Haunts of the White City: Ghost stories from the World’s Fair. 7pm
Sept 21 – Stems & Steins, 3 – 6pm
Sept 24 – Line Dancing Class (also 10/29 & 11/26) 7pm
Oct 16: Speaker Series: Information to follow
Nov 14, 15, & 16 – Victoria’s Craft Show & Holly Daze Cafe
Upcoming Events
Speaker Series: Haunts of the White City: Ghost stories from the World’s Fair – Sept 18th at 7pm
Even as the White City emerged from the ashes of the Great Fire, serial killers like H.H. Holmes stalked the sparkling new boulevards and tragic accidents plagued the factories, slums and railroads that powered the churn of industrial innovation. Ship captains spoke to the dead, while undertakers discovered reanimated corpses no longer requiring services. From posh mansions built on massacre grounds to the drowned quarries of a forest preserve, Ursula Bielski follows the dark undercurrents beneath the electric lights of the World’s Fair.
To learn more about paranormal activity at or near this famous Chicago event, be sure to attend the program offered by the Norwood Park Historical Society on Sept. 18. “Haunts of the White City: Ghost Stories from the World’s Fair,” will be presented by noted author and parapsychologist Ursula Bielski.
The program will begin at 7 p.m., at the historic Noble-Seymour-Crippen House (Chicago’s oldest—1833), 5624 N. Newark Ave. in Chicago. A question-and-answer session will follow. See Press Release.
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For a complete list of upcoming events, click here to view the events calendar.
All programs/events are held at the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House, 5624 N Newark Ave, Chicago, IL (unless otherwise noted). Events, dates, times, locations are subject to change. Please call ahead or check our Facebook page
Watch this video to learn more about the Norwood Park neighborhood and events at the Norwood Park Historical Society, beginning with folk singer Wayne Faust’s Norwood Park memories.