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Dorchester Illustration 2656, Geraldine Trotter

Geraldine Trotter Dorchester Illustration 2656 The Boston Women’s Heritage Trail has posted a new trail for Upham’s Corner on their website: https://bwht.org/dorchester-tour/ The following is from the entry on the trail for Geraldine Pindell Trotter, who lived at 97 Sawyer … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2655 Fowler Clark Epstein Farm

Fowler Clark Epstein Farm Dorchester Illustration 2655 Historic Boston Incorporated announced on January 17, 2024, that it has sold the Fowler  Clark Epstein Farm at 487 Norfolk Street to the Urban Farming Institute. Today’s illustration includes a mural (top) of … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2654 Community Church of Neponset

Community Church of Neponset Dorchester Illustration 2654 On Nov. 1, 1927, the Appleton Methodist Episcopal Church (organized March 1848), combined with Trinity Congregational Church (organized May 11, 1859), to form the Community Church of Neponset at 51 Walnut Street. It … Continue reading

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Crescent Avenue Station, Dorchester Illustration 2653

In the late 19th century, the Old Colony Railroad train station was located at the end of Crescent Avenue, about two blocks south of the current JFK station on the MBTA’s Red Line. The Old Colony Railroad was constructed along … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2652, 22 Morrill Street Then and Now

This house at 22 Morrill St. was built in the 1890s. It was bought by William H. Brown and Catherine Brown in 1926. The Browns owned the house until 1938, when they failed to make the mortgage payments. Today’s illustration … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2651, Edward Everett Birthplace

Edward Everett Birthplace Dorchester Illustration 2651 Today’s image is an engraving from 1873 of the Edward Everett birthplace at the Five Corners, now known as Edward Everett Square. The house was taken down in 1898 for the widening of Columbia … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2650 Stoughton Street Baptist Church

Stoughton Street Baptist Church Dorchester Illustration 2650 Stoughton Street Baptist Church was organized in 1845. The church society soon built a building at the corner of Stoughton and Sumner Street, now 50 Stoughton St. The building was nearly destroyed by … Continue reading

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James Jessup’s Carriage Shop

Dorchester Illustration 2649 James Jessup had a carriage shop on Bowdoin Street near Geneva Avenue. This photograph of his crew is from around 1870. Jessup was born in 1828 in England and died in Dorchester in 1901. Jessup is identified … Continue reading

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Happy Winter Season

Dorchester Illustration 2648 Dorchester Illustration 2648 This illustration is an advertisement for Baker’s Cocoa from Christmas1925, depicting people ice skating and drinking hot chocolate. Walter Baker & Co. is internationally known for its cocoa and baking squares. Founded in Dorchester … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2657, Keystone Manufacturing

Keystone Manufacturing Dorchester Illustration 2647 The Keystone building on Hallet Street that overlooks the Southeast Expressway was originally built for the Hallet Davis Piano Company. The Keystone Manufacturing Co. had been founded in 1919 to build machines and other products. … Continue reading

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