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Dorchester Illustration 2479 Henry W. Hunt

Posted on October 18, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2479    Henry W. Hunt Henry Warren Hunt (1841- 1915?) Hunt had a real estate office on Neponset Avenue not far from Neponset Circle. The following is from American Series of Popular Biographies. Massachusetts Edition. Boston: Graves & … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2478 All Saints Parish

Posted on October 11, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2478    All Saints Parish All Saints’ Episcopal Church began in 1867 as a mission of St. Mary’s Church, and in 1874 it became a separate parish in Dorchester Lower Mills.. In 1882 Colonel Oliver Peabody and his … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2477 Hotel at Lower Mills

Posted on October 4, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2477    Hotel at Lower Mills Hotel at Lower Mills Minot Thayer owned a hotel that later became known as Young’s Hotel and also known at some time as the Hotel Milton located on the west side of … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2476 Territory given up for the creation of Hyde Park

Posted on September 27, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2476   Territory given up for the creation of Hyde Park On April 22, 1868, the new Town of Hyde Park was incorporated out of land coming from Dorchester, Milton and Dedham.  The town was annexed to the … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2475 Walter Baker Old Stone Mill

Posted on September 20, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2475   Walter Baker Old Stone Mill The stone building at the left of the photo was known as the Old Stone Mill on the west side of Adams Street next to the Neponset River.  Built in 1849, … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2474 Which came first: the trolley or the cemetery?

Posted on September 13, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2474     Which came first: the trolley or the cemetery? The photo, showing the trolley line between the parts of the Cedar Gove Cemetery, was taken by Herbert Stier in 1949. Which came first, the trolley or the … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2473 Meisel Press Manufacturing Company

Posted on September 6, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2473      Meisel Press Manufacturing Company Francis Meisel, born in 1846,  was the son of August Meisel, a lithographer.  The family emigrated from Germany, and Francis became a US citizen in 1880.  Francis Meisel organized the Meisel Press … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2472 James John Slater

Posted on August 30, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2472      James John Slater World War 1 biography By Camille Arbogast James John Slater was born on July 1, 1897, at 74 Bromley Street in Roxbury. His father, James Blanchard, a printer, was born in Moncton, New … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2471 August Stein Atwood

Posted on August 23, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2471      August Stein Atwood World War 1 biography By Camille Arbogast August Stein Atwood was born on April 2, 1892, at 61 Alban Street in Dorchester. His father, Harrison Henry Atwood, was born in Londonderry, Vermont, and … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2470 Charles C. Yancey

Posted on August 16, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2470      Charles C. Yancey In our efforts to document the recent history of Dorchester, we hope to present biographies of some of Dorchester’s living personalities. We are calling this occasional series: Diverse Dorchester. Biography of Charles C. … Continue reading →

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