HDSNA Blog and News: Announcing the 2017 Danvers Ornament!

Announcing the 2017 Danvers Ornament!

Each year the Danvers Historical Society selects a Christmas ornament which symbolizes an important part of Danvers history. This year we have chosen a crayon in honor of the Standard Crayon Factory. Read the full story here.

For years the large Crayola Crayons billboard attached to the side of the main office on Maple Street was a familiar fixture in downtown Danvers, and local kids during the post-World War period into the 60s often were lucky to obtain samples and broken crayons from the company.

This building, on Maple Street, built in the 1880s, was a roller skating rink. In the 1890s, it became the Drill Shed for Company K, and was where the troops met before deployment to the Spanish American War. Share your stories of Danvers here.

The crayon ornament is priced at $9.99 and available in red, blue, or yellow at The Danvers Historical Society Museum store located in the historic Jeremiah Page House. Become a member of the Historical Society and receive 10% discount on all your purchases. Hours are Monday through Friday 9am-1pm. Extended holiday hours will include Saturdays December 2, 9, 16 and 23 from 9am-1pm. Other collectible Danvers ornaments for sale include the Danvers Globe onion, Danvers Half-Long carrot, schoolhouse, train, Plains train station, Ideal baby shoe, Newlin's Snowdrop mushroom, Endicott pear, Putnam apple, Great Oak acorn, Putnam Pantry candy cane, Day's potato chips, Batchelder grandfather clock, Robins Hill peach, Twi-League ball and glove and the teapot!! Stop on by and say hello!

Visit the Jeremiah Page House to see all the ornaments on display