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Dorchester Illustration no. 2191 First Dorchester High School The first high school building in Dorchester was built in the early 1850s at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and Gibson Street, where the Dunkin Donuts is located now. The school was … Continue reading →

  “Lost Boston” by Anthony Sammarco 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17  William Clapp House 195 Boston St. Dorchester, MA 02125 Join DHS for an illustrated lecture by Anthony M. Sammarco, author of “Lost Boston.” The book is the story of … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2190  Dorchester High School chemistry class, 1901.  Dorchester’s third high school building was constructed in at the corner of Talbot Avenue and Centre Street in Codman Square the year before.  It later became Dorchester High School for … Continue reading →

  Dorchester Illustration no. 2189 Scan of gelatine print from The American Architect and Building News, April 2, 1892. No. 349.  House of Mrs. Mary F. Mallon, Bowdoin Avenue, Dorchester, Mass., S.J.F. Thayer, Architect. Sadly, the Samuel J.F. Thayer-designed mansion … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2187 The Brooke Mattapan Charter School now uses the building at 150-165 American Legion Highway, formerly the Home for Destitute Jewish Children.  Excerpt from National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Home for Destitute Jewish Children … Continue reading →

Mr. Saxe will give his popular talk on the history of Dorchester architecture for the third time. Refreshed and revised, with new research, new photos and a more historical photos, Mr. Saxe’s lecture examines the history of Dorchester’s first three … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2186   Scenes from Dorchester history from Harper’s Weekly, June 26, 1880, celebrating the 250th anniversary of settlement. Engraving by Charles Graham   You may need to use your picture viewing program to zoom in to see … Continue reading →

  Dorchester Illustration no. 2185 The Keystone Building at 151 Hallet Street is featured in this advertisement for Fairfax Towels in Nations Business magazine in March, 1961. At that time the building was owned by the Keystone Company, manufacturer of … Continue reading →

Urban Religion and the Origins of Addiction Recovery 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 22, 2015 at the William Clapp House Eoin Cannon, aide to Boston’s Mayor Martin J. Walsh and author of The Saloon and the Mission. Tales of surviving the … Continue reading →

Urban Religion and the Origins of Addiction Recovery 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 22, 2015 at the William Clapp House Eoin Cannon, aide to Boston’s Mayor Martin J. Walsh and author of The Saloon and the Mission. Tales of surviving the … Continue reading →