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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1760   The building in the lower part of today’s illustration was built in 1937, and this week the Dorchester Reporter announced that the Roxbury Prep Charter School will expand to the Lucy Stone … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1759   Students from the North Bennet Street School repaired windows at the First Parish Church.  The First Parish Church’s steps in the plan for restoring the building are as follows. The Massachusetts Historical … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1758   The birthplace house of Edward Everett stood on the corner of Columbia Road and Boston Street, where there is now a three-decker with a Dunkin Donuts behind.  Edward Everett (1794-1865), was an … Continue reading →

Note that our April program is scheduled for Sunday, April 29th.  This is different from earlier announcements about the date.   Come and be entertained by John Horrigan. John Horrigan, historical lecturer, has been called “New England’s Pocket Historian.”  Mr. … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1757   Today we have a photograph of organ pipes at the Skinner Organ factory. In 1914 the Skinner Organ Factory company moved into a new factory building in Dorchester at Crescent Avenue and … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1756 Postcard. Caption on front: The Tuttle House, Savin Hill, Dorchester.  Postmarked Uphams Corner Station. With one-cent stamp. On verso: Pub. by Putnam Art Co., Dorchester, Mass. The Tuttle House, which was located at … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1755   Don Rodman of Rodman Ford grew up in Dorchester near Franklin Park The following is from the company website: http://rodmanford.com/displayContent.asp?keywords=history The “History of Rodman” began in Dorchester with a young man’s love … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1754   The Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (Viet-AID) is finishing their new building at 455-475 Geneva Avenue or 4 Bloomfield Street.  The city’s Assessing department calls the parcel 4 Bloomfield Street, while Inspectional … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1753   Jack Beatty was born and raised in Dorchester and attended Boston Latin School, Boston State College and the University of Massachusetts Boston. Jack Beatty is public radio station WBUR’s On Point program … Continue reading →