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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2079 We are interrupting the images of the First Parish Church to bring you the news that the Boston Landmarks Commission will conduct a hearing on Tuesday, August 13th, 2013, at 5:45 pm in … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2078 We are continuing the countdown to August 6th. The First Parish Church will restore the lantern room to the top of its steeple on August 6th (rain date August 7th). Today we have … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2077 Today we have a photo from nearly 7 years ago.  Do you remember when the steeple was taken off the First Parish Church in 2006? We will soon see the steeple being put … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2076 General Hazard Stevens House known as Crest Lawn, 8 Bowdoin Avenue the following biographical sketch is from  http://library.uoregon.edu/speccoll/photo/fhstevens.html Hazard Stevens (1842-1918) was born June 9, 1842, in Newport, RI, to Isaac I. Stevens … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2075 View of Boston from Mount Bowdoin.  First Parish on Meeting House Hill is on the right. Scan of wood engraving Boston, From Mount Bowdoin published in Picturesque America by William Cullen Bryant. New … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2074 Postcard. Caption on front: Channing Church, Dorchester.  Postmarked Uphams Corner Station, Dec. 28, 1907. With one-cent stamp.  The Channing Church building is located on East Cottage Street near Dorchester Avenue, and  is now … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2073 The brick power station on Freeport Street with a tile roof and chimney and a wharf for coal delivery was erected in 1896 to produce power for the electric street railway system.  Now … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2072 Mrs. Emily A. Fifield was born inWeymouthon Feb. 12,1840, welcomed by her parents Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Porter.  Mr.  Porter was a lumber dealer in the town and had wharfs on theMonatiquotRiverwhich … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2071 Joseph L. Levis, Olympic fencer who loved to dance died in Brighton, May 20, 2005 at the age of 99. His obituary appeared in the Boston Globe on Saturday, June 11, 2005. Mr. … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2070 Scan of illustration in “Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ, opus 2131.” by Terry L. Hochmuth.  The organ was originally installed in the Oriental Theatre in Mattapan Square.  It is described as Three manuals, Nineteen … Continue reading →