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Built Environment

Neponset Fire Station

Neponset Fire Station

No. 19327 Neponset Fire Station, no date indicated The fire station building, which was built in 1869, housed ...
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Neponset River Corridor

Neponset River Corridor Description from Boston Landmarks Commission The Neponset River Corridor Area is a ...
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Nonquit Street, Upham’s Corner, Dorchester

Nonquit Street Upham’s Corner, Dorchester A racially-integrated neighborhood for almost a century Ruth C. ...
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O’Brien’s Market, 1911-1913 Dorchester Avenue

O’Brien’s Market, 1911-1913 Dorchester Avenue

No. 7878 O'Brien's Market, 1911-1913 Dorchester Avenue / 175 Ashmont ...
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O’Brien’s Market, 1911-1913 Dorchester Avenue / 175 Ashmont Street

O’Brien’s Market, 1911-1913 Dorchester Avenue / 175 Ashmont Street

No. 7878 O'Brien's Market, photograph May 6, 2006 No. 7877 O'Brien's Market, photograph May 6, ...
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Ormond Street / Hiawatha Street

Ormond Street / Hiawatha Street From the Boston Landmarks Commission The Walk Hill Area encompasses the ...
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Peabody Apartments

Peabody Apartments

Image: No. 10081 Real-photo postcard, The Peabody, Ashmont, Mass.   Report prepared 2001. [Note: ...
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Peabody Square Watering Trough

Peabody Square Watering Trough

No. 21885 Peabody Square Watering Trough The watering trough at Peabody Square was installed in 1899 as a gift ...
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Philip McMorrow Playground, Victory Road

Philip McMorrow Playground, Victory Road

No. 12510 Monument to Philip McMorrow A Dorchester native and graduate of Boston Latin School, Philip McMorrow ...
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Pierce House, 24 Oakton Avenue

Pierce House, 24 Oakton Avenue

Image: No. 12158 Pierce House in the 19th century. Report prepared 1974 [Note: this reproduction of the ...
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Pierce Street / Oakton Street

Pierce Street / Oakton Street From the Boston Landmarks Commission The Pierce /Oakton Street area's ...
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Pilgrim Congregational Church

Pilgrim Congregational Church

Image: No. 575 Postcard. Pilgrim Congregational Church, Dorchester, circa 1910. On November 2, 1862, sixteen ...
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