Monthly Archives: April 2012

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1763   Today’s illustration shows the Dorchester High School girls’ gym class about 1901. Photo from City of Boston Archives: http://cityofbostonarchives.tumblr.com/ _____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1762 The Dorchester Reporter last week carried a story about Douglas MacKinnon.  Dorchester Reporter, April 5, 2012: Memoir with a Message: Dot native MacKinnon tells of rough-and-tumble journey. By Bill Forry. The article begins: … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1761   Yesterday we saw the Lucy Stone School, one of two school buildings that the Roxbury Prep Charter School will begin to use.  Today we have the other one: the Quincy E. Dickerman … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1760   The building in the lower part of today’s illustration was built in 1937, and this week the Dorchester Reporter announced that the Roxbury Prep Charter School will expand to the Lucy Stone … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1759   Students from the North Bennet Street School repaired windows at the First Parish Church.  The First Parish Church’s steps in the plan for restoring the building are as follows. The Massachusetts Historical … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1758   The birthplace house of Edward Everett stood on the corner of Columbia Road and Boston Street, where there is now a three-decker with a Dunkin Donuts behind.  Edward Everett (1794-1865), was an … Continue reading →

Note that our April program is scheduled for Sunday, April 29th.  This is different from earlier announcements about the date.   Come and be entertained by John Horrigan. John Horrigan, historical lecturer, has been called “New England’s Pocket Historian.”  Mr. … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1757   Today we have a photograph of organ pipes at the Skinner Organ factory. In 1914 the Skinner Organ Factory company moved into a new factory building in Dorchester at Crescent Avenue and … Continue reading →