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Brownbag Lectures: Thomas Houghan's Secret Past: An Early Springfield Scandal
- Location: ISM Research & Collections Center, Springfield
- Date: Wednesday, January 04, 2012, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Presented by Erika Holst, Curator of Collections, Springfield Art Association Before Edwards Place was Edwards Place it was Houghan's House, where prominent local physician Thomas Houghan lived with his wife and stepson from 1833-1843. But Thomas Houghan was concealing a scandalous secret...one that would erupt in the 1860s, affecting the lives of dozens of Springfield's most prominent citizens. Attend this Brown Bag on January 4 to find out more about this salacious story of early Springfield!
One of our Brownbag Lectures
Weekly lectures held at the Museum's Research and Collections Center. Lectures are usually held during lunchtime on Wednesday. The RCC is located at 1011 E. Ash Street in Springfield. Access to the building is from 10 ½ Street (between Ash and Laurel Streets), where there is ample visitor parking in the west parking lot. For more information, please call 217-785-0037. Brown Bag Lectures are free and open to the public.
Also, if you want to be informed of upcoming lectures by email, you can sign up for the brownbag announcement list.
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