Local historian Nancy Coffey will present an illustrated lecture on how the Irish shaped the physical and cultural landscape of Beverly Farms between the 1860s and 1950s.

Nancy Coffey started the Beverly Farms History project in 2007 and has been conducting oral history interviews, scanning photographs, and doing research ever since. She is currently writing a history of the ordinary people in the year round community of Beverly Farms during the period of the Gold Coast: 1845-1950s. Nancy’s earlier book on Beverly Farms history is The Story of Edgewater House, 1910-2016 Available in our gift shop and here.  We also carry Cool Breezes, No Dogs Allowed: The Story of the West Beach Corporation by Ed Brown here.

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