Dorchester Historical Society

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1616

Postcard. Caption on front: View in Franklin Park, Dorchester, Massachusetts   1085.  Postally unused.  On verso: American Art Post Card Co., Boston, Mass.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1615

Postcard. Caption on front: Birds eye View of Bridge & Drive, Franklin Park, Dorchester, Mass. On verso: The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City. Printed in Germany. 56487   Postmarked Jun 8, 1909. Dorchester Center Station. With one cent stamp.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1614

Postcard. Caption on front: Rose Garden, Franklin Park, Dorchester, Masschusetts 1081.   Postally unused. On verso: American Art Post Card Co., Boston, Mass. Probably 1920s.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1613

Postcard. Caption on front: Walter Baker Chocolate Mills, from the Big Chimney. copyright 1905 Frederick A. Frizell. Postally unused.

At the very left you can see the Blaney Baptist Church at the corner of Dorchester Avenue.  Just in front of that you can see the car barn for the trolleys where the high-rise building is now located.  At the western side of the intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Washington Street you can see the Milton Inn where Dark Horse Antiques is located now.  There is a mansard-roofed building where the Baker Chocolate Administration was later built.

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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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