Liversidge Starch and Gum Factories Thn 1831 map of Dorchester has a square symbol labeled Starch Manufactory. The 1850 map has a better representation. Setphen Liversidge began the manufacture of wheat starch on the bank of the Neponset River in 1829. “Wheat...
Charles H. Haines, Jr., was born in Dorchester on February 14, 1888, to Charles H. Haines and his wife, Florence, who had married the year before. Charles, Sr., had moved to 16 Warner Street in 1886, when the house was newly-built. Charles, Jr., attended the...
One of the featured insets on the 1858 Map of Norfolk County is the “Residence of D. B. Stedman, Esq. Savin Hill, Dorchester. No. 2367 D. Residence of D. B. Stedman, Esq. Daniel B. Stedman was an importer of crockery and glass with a business address of 10 Summer...
High Schools In 1850 the subject of a high school was again agitated, –this time with more success. One hundred and eighty-three tax-payers of the town signed a petition asking the school committee ‘to recommend to the town the immediate establishment of a...
William G. Walsh Playground The William G. Walsh Playground at Washington Street and Clancy Street was dedicated in his honor in 1951. See The Boston Globe, May 12, 1951. No. 22712 William Gary Walsh William Gary Walsh – Gunnery Sergeant, United States Marine Corps...
