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Dorchester Illustratin 2684 Codman Mansion

Today’s illustration includes two drawings of the Codman mansion. The lower image was torn from the same notebook as last week’s drawing (Blaney Memorial Baptist Church), by an artist who signed the image: F.G.H. We are still trying to find … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2683 Blaney Memorial Baptist Church

Blaney Memorial Baptist Church Dorchester Illustration 2683 Miss Mercy Blaney died in 1884, leaving $20,000 for the building of a church, which was erected in 1887 at the southeast corner of Richmond Street and Dorchester Avenue. Blaney lived on Temple … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2682, Coal Gas Holder at Adams Corner

Coal Gas Holder at Adams Street and Gallivan Boulevard Dorchester Illustration 2682 The Dorchester Gas Light Company was incorporated in 1854. “Gideon Beck, Alexander Pope, and Charles C. Harrington, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2681, Wood Mausoleum, Dorchester Old North Burying Ground

Wood Mausoleum, Dorchester Old North Burying Ground Dorchester Illustration 2681 The Wood mausoleum is the largest above-ground structure in the Dorchester Old North Burying Ground. It was erected in memory of Caroline Elizabeth Wood, 1822-1892, beloved and devoted wife of … Continue reading

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Oliver and Royall Tomb, Dorchester Old North Burying Ground

Dorchester Illustration 2680 Oliver and Royall Tomb, Dorchester Old North Burying Ground Dorchester Illustration 2680   The monument for the Isaac Royall family marksthe largest tomb in the Dorchester Old North Burying Ground. The picture at the top of today’s … Continue reading

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James Foster gravestone, Dorchester Illustration 2677

James Foster gravestone, Dorchester Illustration 2677  The Dorchester Old North Burying Ground has a type of marker called portrait stones. The City of Boston website, https://www.boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/iconography-gravestones-burying-grounds, has the following entry: “Another type of decorative carving, often called “portrait stones,” was more … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2676, Marker for Revolutionary War Soldiers

Marker for Revolutionary War Soldiers, Dorchester Illustration 2676  Revolutionary War soldiers are remembered by a marker in the Dorchester Old North Burying Ground. This was the only public cemetery in Dorchester from the 1630s until 1814, when the South Burying … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustraton 2675, Daniel Davenport

Daniel Davenport Dorchester Illustration 2675 Daniel Davenport (1773-1860) was the sexton and grave digger for the First Parish Church. Davenport charged $4 to the estate of Elijah Wales for opening and closing the tomb, tolling the bell, providing a horse … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2674, William Wales

William Wales, Dorchester Illustration 2674  William Wales (1803-1873) was a descendant of Nathaniel Wales, who arrived from England in the 1630s. Wales started a florist business on his property stretching from Olney Street to Columbia Road. His inventory included large … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2673 Putnam Horse Shoe Nail Company

Putnam Horse Shoe Nail Company Dorchester Illustration 2673  Silas S. Putnam Nail Company began the manufacture of curtain fixtures, horse shoe nails and other types of hardware at the end of the Port Norfolk peninsula in 1859. Today’s illustration includes … Continue reading

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