Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2065
Lena Park Housing Community Development Center
Building located at 150 American Legion Highway, originally Canterbury Street, was built by Ladies Helping Hand for Jewish Children in 1910, dedicated October 29, 1911. The Home for Jewish Children moved to Brighton in 1934, and the Hecht Neighborhood House remodeled the building as a complete Jewish Community Center. They merged with the Young Men’s Hebrew Association about 1958. In 1970 the Lena Park Housing Development Corporation acquired the building.
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