The Savin Hill Historic District is located in the Dorchester section of Boston and completely occupies a peninsula of land extending out into Dorchester Bay. Although part of much larger community, the district has always stood out distinctly due to geographical...
Liversidge Starch and Gum Factories 24252 The 1831 map of Dorchester has a square symbol labeled Starch Manufactory. The 1850 map below has a better representation. ...
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...
