The Chestnut Hill Historical Society maintains a rapidly growing, professionally managed collection of more than 20,000 items documenting the community’s architectural and social history from the 1680s to the present. The collection contains architectural drawings and other building records; more than 8,200 photographic images; maps including real estate atlases from the 1870s through the 1930s; prints, drawings, deeds, diaries, genealogical materials, books, taped and transcribed oral histories, and selected objects. The collection is available to the public for research purposes
Chestnut Hill Historical Society's Archives and Collections include a broad range of photographs, maps, and other materials that document Chestnut Hill's rich history. If you have not already viewed it, we invite you to look at available slideshows of photographs from our collections on our homepage.