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Dorchester Illustration 2255 A.T. Stearns Lumber Company

Posted on June 26, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2255    A.T. Stearns Lumber Company A.T. Stearns Lumber Company bronze paper-weight celebrating 75 years of business at Neponset. The company owned much of what is now the public property on Port Norfolk that is part of the … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2254 Consumptives Home Grove Hall

Posted on June 19, 2016 by earltaylor

  Dorchester Illustration no. 2254   Consumptives Home Grove Hall  Scan of illustration from King’s Hand-Book of Boston. Boston: Moses King Corporation, 1889. 9th ed. The Text of King’s Hand-Book says that the Consumptives Home Grove Hall was incorporated in 1870, … Continue reading →

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Dorchester House Tour 2016: Ashmont Hill

Posted on June 7, 2016 by earltaylor

The Dorchester House Tour is back – come to see Ashmont Hill as it is today on Sunday, June 12th.  Visit a dozen delightful homes and carriage houses on Ashmont Hill.  Talk with their owners about the ways they have … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2251 View of Ashmont Hill 1880s

Posted on May 29, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2251 View of Ashmont Hill View of Ashmont Hill from top of 34 Alban Street 1880s. Scan of photo donated to the Dorchester Historical Society by the widow of grand nephew of Frank Wood, first owner of … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2250 Alban Street Interior 1880s

Posted on May 22, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2250 Victorian Interior Does your home look like this one on Alban Street as it was comfortably furnished in the 1880s? Do the homes on Ashmont Hill still look like this?  Find out at the Dorchester House … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2249 Welles Mansion

Posted on May 15, 2016 by earltaylor

The home of the Welles family was the original estate house for Ashmont Hill (see below) when the hill was all open land except the house in the illustration. George Derby Welles, who lived in Paris, inherited the estate from … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2248 Patent Medicine Bottle

Posted on May 8, 2016 by earltaylor

  Dorchester Illustration no. 2248  Patent Medicine Bottle from Blake House Site The bottle shown as today’s illustration was found in the archaeological dig at the Blake House site on Columbia Road.  When the house was moved to its current … Continue reading →

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Dorchester lllustration 2245 Dorchester Trolley

Posted on May 1, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2247 Today we have a photo of a Dorchester trolley car and crew ca. 1900. _____ The Dorchester Illustration is sent occasionally. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please reply to be taken off the e-mail … Continue reading →

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May 15, 2016 Dorchester Historical Society – The History of Boston in 50 Artifacts

Posted on April 30, 2016 by earltaylor

2 pm, Sunday, May 15th at 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA  02125 The Dorchester Historical Society’s program for May is a talk by Joe Bagley, the city archaeologist, and his new book The History of Boston in 50 Artifacts.  Joe highlights … Continue reading →

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Sad Day for Preservation

Posted on April 27, 2016 by earltaylor

The attached photos show a demolition and the appearance of the building prior to today. It makes sad to lose an unusual property that is so evocative of our past. Earl Taylor

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