Noble and Cooley Center for Historic Preservation - NCCHP

Granville, MA – This drum was manufactured in Granville MA in the early 1860s. It was picked up on the Gettysburg battlefield in 1863 by James Forrest who mustered into the Union army on 6-16-1863 as a musician in the 28th Pennsylvania Mil. Infantry regiment. Over 140 years later the drum has come back to Granville.

Noble & Cooley is in the process of renovating space to house a museum to exhibit the “Yankee ingenuity” in manufacturing from the 1850s to the 1950s. Much of the equipment in the Noble and Cooley Drum Shop is still in working order and is amazing in its simplicity and complexity. The hoops on this Civil War drum were bent on the same bending machine that is still used today to build high quality custom snare drums for today’s musicians.

If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to support the museum project the address is:

NCCHP
P.O. Box 325
Granville, Ma 01034