Monthly Archives: February 2012

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1721 Albert L. Forbush Scan of photo of Albert L. Forbush provided by Gary Burns, grandson of Albert.  Albert was in the milk business and owned milk trains in Boston that transported milk between … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1720   Today’s illustration is a portrait of Robert Treat Paine (1835-1910), grandson of the signer of the Declaration of Independence.  Although Paine did not live in Dorchester, he did participate in housing construction … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1719   Samuel Downer was born in Dorchester in 1807 and lived on Jones Hill as an adult. Source: Herbert Asbury.  The Golden Flood: An Informal History of America’s First Oil Field. New York … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1718   The following is excerpted from a press release composed by Ashley McColgan, FHM Communications Intern from Curry College for the Forbes House Museum  DORCHESTER BANNER WILL BE ON VIEW FOR LINCOLN DAY, … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1717   St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at 73 Columbia Road began as a mission of St. Mary’s, which is located on Jones Hill.  St. Mark’s replaced a building called Rose Cottage acquired from Edwin … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1716   The Gushee Dairy question is still getting responses.  Dan Jenkins has lots of info about the family and believes they had a dairy operation on Hillside Street in Milton as well as … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1715   Jacob Fottler. From: One of a Thousand. A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-89. Compiled under the editorial supervision of John … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1714   Today’s illustration shows Almond S. Gushee. The day before yesterday we saw a milk bottle from the C W Gushee dairy on Fuller Street.  Responses for the request for more information have … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1713   Captain John Codman   Source:  Other Merchants and Sea Captains of Old Boston, State Street Trust Company, Boston, Mass., 1919. Captain John Codman was born in Dorchester in 1814, being the oldest son of … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1712   C.W. Gushee was the name of a dairy farm at 92 Fuller Street.  Almond S. Gushee owned about 2 acres there, a farm that appears with his name on the atlases from … Continue reading →