Join us for a comprehensive program on the history of Hatfield Township and Hatfield Borough. This presentation will feature more than 200 old photographs and will examine the formation of the township and its villages, as well as the impact that the railroad had on the Hatfield and Lansdale Boroughs. It will also recount how the countryside changed from farmland to suburbia during the 20th century, and how business and education in the community has evolved over the years. This course includes historic glimpses of Hatfield’s businesses, churches, and schools.

About the instructor: Larry Stevens

Larry Stevens has been a resident of the Hatfield Borough for 55 years, and serves as the president of the Hatfield Museum and Historical Society. Ever since he founded the organization in 1991, Larry has worked to preserve the history of both the borough and the township. In the midst of the pandemic, the Hatfield Historical Society opened a museum in August, 2020, to make the community’s history and collection more easily accessible to the public. Larry has written a number of books on Hatfield’s history including: History of Hatfield Borough, 1898-1998, Walking Tour of Historic Hatfield Borough, and The Hatfield Horror – The Story of the Great Hatfield Train Wreck of 1900.