Dorchester Historical Society

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1612

Postcard. Caption on front: Savin Hill Bathing Beach, Dorchester, Mass.  On verso: No. 1365. Pub. by Boston Post-Card Co., 12 Pearl St. Hand colored.  Postally unused.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1611

Photograph showing the Templeton Market at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and Templeton Street.  The building was on the north side of Templeton Street. The picture shows meat market workers and a horse-drawn wagon.  Probably ca. 1890, marked at the bottom Barrows [Studio] 1873 Dorchester Ave.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1610

St. Margaret’s Hospital on Jones Hill.

Postcard. Caption on front: St. Margarite Hospital near Uphams Corner, Dorchester, Mass. Postally unused. Dated Aug 23, 1918.  On verso: Published by German Novelty Co., Boston, Mass.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1609

Postcard. Caption on front: St. William’s Church, Dorchester, Mass. 7321. Postally unused. 

St. William’s became a Parish set off from St. Peter’s in 1909, consisting of territory south of St. Margaret’s nearly to Glover’s Corner, and including the Savin Hill district.  Located at 1048 Dorchester Avenue, the building was burned in September 1980 and was replaced with a church of modern design.

St. William and St. Margaret were the only two parishes, out of 11 Catholic parishes in Dorchester, that felt a direct impact of the Archdiocese’ reconfiguration process of early 2004.  These two parishes merged under the name of Blessed Mother Teresa parish, and the new parish is located at 800 Columbia Road in the building that used to be known as St. Margaret’s Church.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1608

This bas relief of Edward Everett is a posthumous portrait made by Thomas Ball, the sculptor who created the equestrian statue of George Washington in the Boston Public Garden.  The bas relief was made about 1870 and belonged to the Taylor family who owned the Boston Globe newspaper.  It was donated to the Society in 1916 by Mr. Geroge W. Taylor.

Edward Everett was born in Dorchester in 1794.  He graduated from Harvard University in 1811.  He studied theology and was ordained pastor of the Brattle Street Unitarian Church, Boston, in 1814; professor of Greek literature at Harvard University 1815-1826; overseer of Harvard University 1827-1847, 1849-1854, and 1862-1865; elected to the US Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1835); declined to be a candidate for re-nomination in 1834; chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Twentieth Congress); Governor of Massachusetts 1836-1840; appointed United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain 1841-1845; declined a diplomatic commission to China in 1843; president of Harvard University 1846-1849; appointed Secretary of State by President Millard Fillmore to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Daniel Webster and served from November 6, 1852, to March 3, 1853; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1853, until his resignation, effective June 1, 1854; unsuccessful candidate for vice president of the United States in 1860 on the Constitutional-Union ticket; died in Boston, Mass., January 15, 1865; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1607

Postcard. Caption on front: Boston, Mass. Sheep, Franklin Park. Postally unused.  On verso: No. 1012 Printed in Germany. Circa 1910.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1606

The Soldiers Monument on Meeting House Hill across from First Church has been cleaned and re-mortared this summer with support from the Browne Fund.  Erected in 1867 by the Pickwick Club, the monument lists the names of those who fell in the service of their country during the Civil War.

Postcard. Caption on front: Dorchester, Mass. Soldier’s Monument, Meeting House Hill.  On verso: Germany. E6470.  Postmarked Sep 2, 1907. with one cent stamp.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1605

Postcard. Caption on front: Lawleys from Tenean Beach, Dorchester, Mass.  Postmarked Boston, Mass. Nov. 5, 1918?.  With one cent stamp.  On verso: The Royal Blue card Pub. by Putnam Art Co., Grove Hall, Boston.

The Lawley Shipyard on Port Norfolk was a fixture on the Dorchester scene from the 19teens till after World War II.

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