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Oliver and Royall Tomb, Dorchester Old North Burying Ground

Posted on August 4, 2024 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2680 Oliver and Royall Tomb, Dorchester Old North Burying Ground Dorchester Illustration 2680   The monument for the Isaac Royall family marksthe largest tomb in the Dorchester Old North Burying Ground. The picture at the top of today’s … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2679 Dot Art Visits Dorchester Historical Society

Posted on July 28, 2024 by earltaylor

Dot Art Visits Dorchester Historical Society Dorchester Illustration 2679 We were delighted to welcome students from Dot Art’s summer program to the William Clapp House last week. They focused on the Dorchester Pottery collection as an example of a local … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2678, William Clapp House

Posted on July 21, 2024 by earltaylor

William Clapp House, Dorchester Illustration 2678 The maintenance of the Dorchester Historical Society’s properties is ongoing and endless, and not always visible. The refurbishment of the entry hallway at the 1806 William Clapp House at 195 Boston St., has been … Continue reading →

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James Foster gravestone, Dorchester Illustration 2677

Posted on July 14, 2024 by earltaylor

James Foster gravestone, Dorchester Illustration 2677  The Dorchester Old North Burying Ground has a type of marker called portrait stones. The City of Boston website, https://www.boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/iconography-gravestones-burying-grounds, has the following entry: “Another type of decorative carving, often called “portrait stones,” was more … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2676, Marker for Revolutionary War Soldiers

Posted on July 7, 2024 by earltaylor

Marker for Revolutionary War Soldiers, Dorchester Illustration 2676  Revolutionary War soldiers are remembered by a marker in the Dorchester Old North Burying Ground. This was the only public cemetery in Dorchester from the 1630s until 1814, when the South Burying … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustraton 2675, Daniel Davenport

Posted on June 30, 2024 by earltaylor

Daniel Davenport Dorchester Illustration 2675 Daniel Davenport (1773-1860) was the sexton and grave digger for the First Parish Church. Davenport charged $4 to the estate of Elijah Wales for opening and closing the tomb, tolling the bell, providing a horse … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2674, William Wales

Posted on June 23, 2024 by earltaylor

William Wales, Dorchester Illustration 2674  William Wales (1803-1873) was a descendant of Nathaniel Wales, who arrived from England in the 1630s. Wales started a florist business on his property stretching from Olney Street to Columbia Road. His inventory included large … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2673 Putnam Horse Shoe Nail Company

Posted on June 16, 2024 by earltaylor

Putnam Horse Shoe Nail Company Dorchester Illustration 2673  Silas S. Putnam Nail Company began the manufacture of curtain fixtures, horse shoe nails and other types of hardware at the end of the Port Norfolk peninsula in 1859. Today’s illustration includes … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2672, Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

Posted on June 9, 2024 by earltaylor

Dorchester Mutual Fire Insruance Co. Dorchester Illustration 2672  Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Co. was incorporated in 1855. By the mid-1860s, the company owned this building pictured in today’s illustration at 7 Woodworth St. in Port Norfolk. At the bottom of … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2671 Stearns Lumber Company

Posted on June 2, 2024 by earltaylor

Stearns Lumber Company Dorchester Illustration 2671   This image from the 1910 atlas, shows that the Laban Pratt’s Lumber Company extended on both sides of the train tracks at the Neponset River, but Albert Thomas Stearns Lumber Company to the … Continue reading →

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