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Dorchester Illustration no. 2196 St. Matthew’s Church appeared in American Architect and Building News, March 20, 1918. In 1888 Father Fitzpatrick of St. Gregory’s bought a lot of land at the corner of Norfolk and Darlington Streets, and two years … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2195 Today we have a view of the gates of Cedar Grove Cemetery in 1885. The following is from the Cemetery’s website: http://cgcem.org/ CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY was organized three years after the end of the Civil War … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2194 Crusher Casey and Family This illustration is a press photo with the following caption on the back: July 13, 1957.  This is the lovely family of Jim (Crusher) Casey of Melville Ave., Dorchester.  They are shown … Continue reading →

May 29, 2015 The Dorchester Historical Society received an award from the Massachusetts Historical Commission for the renovation of the Clapp Family Barn.

Dorchester Illustration no. 2193   Third Dorchester High School  The third high school building is located at the corner of Talbot Avenue and Centre Street. Designed by Hartwell, Richardson and Driver and built in 1900, it later became Dorchester High School for … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2192 Second Dorchester High School The second high school, which was located at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and Centre Street, was used as the high school from about 1870 until 1900 when the high school in … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2191 First Dorchester High School The first high school building in Dorchester was built in the early 1850s at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and Gibson Street, where the Dunkin Donuts is located now. The school was … Continue reading →

  “Lost Boston” by Anthony Sammarco 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17  William Clapp House 195 Boston St. Dorchester, MA 02125 Join DHS for an illustrated lecture by Anthony M. Sammarco, author of “Lost Boston.” The book is the story of … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2190  Dorchester High School chemistry class, 1901.  Dorchester’s third high school building was constructed in at the corner of Talbot Avenue and Centre Street in Codman Square the year before.  It later became Dorchester High School for … Continue reading →

  Dorchester Illustration no. 2189 Scan of gelatine print from The American Architect and Building News, April 2, 1892. No. 349.  House of Mrs. Mary F. Mallon, Bowdoin Avenue, Dorchester, Mass., S.J.F. Thayer, Architect. Sadly, the Samuel J.F. Thayer-designed mansion … Continue reading →