Dorchester Illustratio of the Day no. 2031 Eddy Refrigerator

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2031 "Eddy and Sons made Refrigerators in Dorchester for 70 Years."  By Anthony Sammarco. September 24, 1993. Few of us in Dorchester are without a refrigerator in the kitchen, and as last summers’ heat waves rolled in we were especially thankful... Read More

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2030 Davenport family

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2030 Photograph in the collection of the Dorchester Historical Society showing the Davenports who lived in the Samuel Davenport House - Martha, Josiah, Clarissa, Lucy, Elizabeth, Lydia, Hannah, Rebecca.  The house was at the corner of Bowdoin Street... Read More

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2029 Robert Ball Hughes house

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2029 Home of Robert Ball Hughes, sculptor, at 3 School Street, corner of Washington Street. Noted for his statues of New York Governor Clinton, of Alexander Hamilton and Nathaniel Bowditch, Robert Ball Hughes also created a large high-relief marble... Read More

April 9, 2013 A Tale of Two Schools: Boston College and Boston College High School

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 7 pm A Tale of Two Schools: Boston College and Boston College High School at 150.   A talk by James O'Toole, Professor and Clough Millenium Chair in History at Boston College and author of The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America. Prof. O' Toole reviews the history of Boston College and Boston College High School on the 150th anniversary of their founding.

2013 March 19 A Tale of Two Schools: Boston College and Boston College High School

7 pm at Dorchester Historical Society, 195 Boston Street, Dorchester A talk by James O'Toole, Professor and Clough Millenium Chair in History at Boston College and author of The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America (2008), among other titles.  This year, Boston College and Boston College High School are observing the 150th anniversary of their founding.  They became separate schools at the start of the twentieth century.   Prof. O'Toole will review their place in the history of... Read More

2013 Feb 17 Chocolate Cook-off plus Joe Carlin presents "Eating and Drinking in Colonial New England"

Sunday, February 17, 2013, 2 pm plus Joe Carlin presents "Eating and Drinking in Colonial New England" This illustrated lecture will examine the importance of food during the Colonial era; the development of etiquette; food marketing; entertaining in the home; 16th- and 17th-century cooking equipment and practices; early history of cookbooks; social attitudes towards women and technology; drinks in taverns with emphasis on rum punch, Madeira and home brewed English style... Read More