 Click image for more information Edward Everett School (Elementary)
71 Pleasant Street, Dorchester
Built 1909
E.T.P. Graham, Architect
Edward Everett (1794-1865), a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, a distinguished orator and writer, was born in Dorchester. He held public office as U.S. Representative, as governor and U.S. Senator. Everett received appointments as Secretary of State, Minister to Great Britain and President of Harvard.
Source:
What's In a Name? Names of Boston's Schools: Their Origin. Boston: School Volunteers for Boston and the Boston Public Schools, 1980.
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