Monthly Archives: March 2015

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 →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2184 McGovern Coal on Geneva Avenue, circa 1940. “Then there was the McGovern Coal Company down on Geneva Avenue. It’s interesting to know how the McGoverns got their money to go in the coal business. Well, when … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2183 Howard Johnson’s advertisement from 1964. Fresh off a destroyer … weeks since he’d seen his girl … the sailor borrowed a car from a buddy at the Boston Naval Shipyard and was enroute to Attleboro, Mass., … Continue reading →