Dorchester Historical Society

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1891

The G & G Deli was located at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Columbine Street, now named Ansel Road.  The G & G Deli was the scene of many political rallies, especially for those who ran for the position of Mayor and City Council.

Columbine Street was re-named for Julius Ansel, who was born April 27, 1908 in Russia, and died March 13, 1965 in Boston.  He was a member of the Boston City Council from 1948 to 1951, the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1953 to 1955 and again from 1959 to 1965, and the Massachusetts Senate in 1965. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1963.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1890

Matchbook cover. Caption: GE 6-6361. at Field’s Corner. Altshuler’s, 1485 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, Mass.

From the illustration I guess it is obvious that Altshuler’s was a record store.  Number 1485 Dorchester Avenue is the building on the west side of Dorchester Avenue between Faulkner Street and the T railway trestle.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1889

Matchbook cover. Caption: For health’s sake, roller skate. When thinking of roller skating, think of the Winter Garden Rollerway, 725 Gallivan Boulevard, Dorchester, Mass. at Neponset Bridge.

725 Gallivan Boulevard is approximately where the exit ramp comes down to Gallivan from the Expressway near the Staples parking lot.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1888

Matchbook cover.  Blue Hills Cafeteria and Cocktail Lounge. 1667 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan Sq., Mattapan, Mass.

Going south, no. 1667 is the last building on the right on Blue Hill Avenue at the corner of River Street.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1887

Matchbook cover. Caption: Murray Berger’s most modern delicatessen and beer garden. Entertainment. 232 Columbia Road, Dorchester, Mass. Tel. Garrison 9537

The deli was located at the corner of Columbia Road and Devon Street on the west side of Columbia Road in the stretch between Geneva Avenue and the railroad overpass.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1886

Matchbook cover. Caption: Maguire’s Market.  1261 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, Mass. T.F. Maguire Co. Liquors Ales Wines Free Delivery. COL. 0843-0844

No. 1261 Dorchester Avenue is the building at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and East Street, now a computer store I think.  The building dates from the mid-19th century and was once the Farrington Store.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1885

Matchbook cover. Caption: Tel. TALBOT 3204 Dine at Quality Lunch Anagnos Bros., Prop. 1510 Dorchester Ave. Dorchester, Mass.

The Quality Lunch restaurant was in the building that was rehabbed last year in Fields Corner across from the Blarney Stone.  It’s the building where the metal siding was removed and was replaced with clapboards.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1884

The Dorchester Historical Society will introduce its Dorchester town seals made out of chocolate by Phillips Candy House at the fundraising Gala on October 12th.  Buy your tickets to the event at www.dorchesterhistoricalsocietyblog.org

Dorchester town seal.  The thatched roof church in the lower right of the shield represents religious liberty. The thatched roof school in the lower left is the world’s first free school, established in this town in 1639.  The mill, with its large wheel, seen upon the left bank of the Neponset River, was the first water mill in the colony built by Israel Stoughton in 1633.  The sun rising in the background behind the Blue Hills is shining favor upon the Colony. The triple-towered castle surmounting  the shield is adopted in memory of  Dorchester in the old England, formerly a Roman fortress.  The Motto upon the ribbon, ‘Pietate, Literis, Industria,’ signifies that Piety, Learning and Industry, were the prominent virtues of the early settlers.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1883

Edwin J. Lewis Jr. was a Dorchester resident and architect of many of its shingle-style houses.   He also designed the Janet M. Wilson Memorial Chapel in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, and Christ Church at the corner of Dorhester Avenue and Dix Street here in Dorchester.  Richard Heath sent a picture of the Chapel in Boothbay, and today we can see that chapel in contrast to Christ Church.  Both seem to be in the Gothic Revival style.

Christ Church now seems to be the home of the Bethel Hispanic Seventh Day Adventist Church/Iglesia Adventista Hispana de Bethel, 1 Dix St.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1882

Today’s illustration is a postcard view of All Saints Church. Postcard. Caption on front: All Saints Church, Ashmont, Mass. Postmarked Dec. 3, 1909 with one-cent stamp. On verso: No. H12663 The Robbins Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany

Historic Boston Inc. has taken a role in the preparation of a historic structures report for All Saints Church at Peabody Square.  Check out their newsletter.

http://www.historicbostonblog.org/2012/09/all-saints-ashmont-historic-structure.html#.UGSiJ01qSIY

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