Tag Archives: Dorchester

Dorchester Illustration 2258 Holden House

Posted on July 17, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2258    Holden House near Upham’s Corner The house of the Holden family stood on Columbia Road opposite Albright Ct. (now Annabel Street). Between 1884 and 1889, the house was taken down, and the property was sub-divided to … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2257 Pierce Building at Upham’s Corner

Posted on July 10, 2016 by earltaylor

  Dorchester Illustration no. 2257    Pierce Building at Upham’s Corner Anthony Sammarco has pointed out a mistake in last week’s Illustration. The house in the picture was not the Upham house but the Samuel B. Pierce House exactly across Columbia … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2255 A.T. Stearns Lumber Company

Posted on June 26, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2255    A.T. Stearns Lumber Company A.T. Stearns Lumber Company bronze paper-weight celebrating 75 years of business at Neponset. The company owned much of what is now the public property on Port Norfolk that is part of the … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2251 View of Ashmont Hill 1880s

Posted on May 29, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2251 View of Ashmont Hill View of Ashmont Hill from top of 34 Alban Street 1880s. Scan of photo donated to the Dorchester Historical Society by the widow of grand nephew of Frank Wood, first owner of … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2250 Alban Street Interior 1880s

Posted on May 22, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2250 Victorian Interior Does your home look like this one on Alban Street as it was comfortably furnished in the 1880s? Do the homes on Ashmont Hill still look like this?  Find out at the Dorchester House … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2249 Welles Mansion

Posted on May 15, 2016 by earltaylor

The home of the Welles family was the original estate house for Ashmont Hill (see below) when the hill was all open land except the house in the illustration. George Derby Welles, who lived in Paris, inherited the estate from … Continue reading →

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Sad Day for Preservation

Posted on April 27, 2016 by earltaylor

The attached photos show a demolition and the appearance of the building prior to today. It makes sad to lose an unusual property that is so evocative of our past. Earl Taylor

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Dorchester Illustration 2246 Lyman Fountain

Posted on April 24, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2246 Today’s illustration is a scan of an illustration published  in Proceedings of the Dedication of the Fountain on Eaton Square, Ward 24, October 24, 1885, in memory of Theodore Lyman, Jr., Mayor of Boston in 1834-35. … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2244 stone excavated at Four Corners

Posted on April 10, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2244 The stone in today’s picture was excavated when foundation work was begun about a year ago at a development at Four Corners.  The stone is now located at the southeast corner of Washington and Bowdoin Streets … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2243 Edward Everett Statue knocked cover

Posted on April 3, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2243 Before Edward Everett’s statue was moved to Richardson Park, it stood in a traffic circle at Edward Everett Square.  Today’s photo shows the statue toppled by a passing motorist in 1931. Caption on verso: Motorist Fells … Continue reading →

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