Beginning with Native Americans, a succession of people have made their homes here as shipbuilding and other industries replaced farming and fishing. East Boston, which was originally five islands, has welcomed immigrants from afar, creating a . . . — — Map (db m215801) HM
Much of Boston's shoreline between high and low tide — the intertidal zone — was lost during the 19th century, when the city was the second largest port in the country. Sea trade, ship building, and related industries dominated and changed the . . . — — Map (db m215785) HM
Hodge Boiler Works was a metalworking shop that operated in East Boston for 130 years, weathering more than a century of change. When Ebenezer Hodge founded the business in 1864, it was surrounded by shipyards that built and repaired wooden . . . — — Map (db m215767) HM
Boston Harbor has seen many vessels over time, from canoes transporting Native Americans to the islands and fully-rigged sailing ships bound for ports around the world, to steamships bringing goods and new Bostonians to the docks. The harbor . . . — — Map (db m215784) HM
Latin America and the Caribbean
1900s - The second half of the 20th Century has seen a steady rise in population from all the countries of Central and South America, Mexico and the islands of the Caribbean.
Italy
1900s-2000s - . . . — — Map (db m215760) HM
Situated on the Clippership Wharf Harborwalk, 'Islands' is inspired by the historic transition of five natural islands (Noddles, Hogg, Apple, Bird and Governors Island) into a manufactured peninsula which is now known to us as East Boston. As . . . — — Map (db m215779) HM
Otis Tufts built the first iron-hulled vessel in the United States on this wharf in 1854. Named the R.B. Forbes, after its owner Robert Bennet Forbes, it was often used to tow clipper ships built along Border Street to their owners in New . . . — — Map (db m215788) HM
Dye wood, also called logwood, is the heartwood of a tree native to Central America and the Caribbean that was imported, ground, and distilled to produce a deep black-blue dye used to dye leather, silk, cotton, and wood. The Atlantic Dye Wood . . . — — Map (db m215763) HM
This memorial has been placed in grateful appreciation to the men and women of East Boston who served their country with unselfish devotion and to those who gave their lives for world peace and justice — — Map (db m215804) WM
Much has changed along Boston's waterfront and in the harbor since this image was drawn in 1848. Wharves were constructed and mud flats filled, creating more land. Buildings went up; others were torn down.
What else is different? Which . . . — — Map (db m215790) HM
The new street site was developed in the mid-1800s for a variety of water-dependent uses, including a mast-making yard, graving dock, and marine railway. Mackerel was sorted and inspected for export on Miller's Wharf, which was later used as a . . . — — Map (db m215762) HM
Built in 1853 during the clipper ship era, this warehouse was occupied by marine-related commercial enterprises, including coffee merchants, grocers and import firms. It is the only granite building with a mansard roof remaining in downtown . . . — — Map (db m215569) HM
Hailed as Boston's first Art Deco skyscraper, the Batterymarch Building was the city's tallest downtown structure when it opened in 1928. Designed by Harold Field Kellogg, it features 30 different colors of brick and ornamental motifs indicative . . . — — Map (db m215574) HM
The Site of the Bunch of Grapes Tavern Here on 30th of July 1733
was instituted under charter from
the Grand Lodge of England
The first regularly constituted lodge
of Free and Accepted Masons in America
Now St. John's Lodge of Boston . . . — — Map (db m115252) HM
In 1835, the U.S. Congress and President Andrew Jackson authorized the purchase of this site for a new Custom House. Ammi Burnham Young, an architect from New
Hampshire whose early works included buildings at Dartmouth College and
Vermont's . . . — — Map (db m176217) HM
Built on the water's edge at the foot of State Street between 1837 and 1847, the Custom House was a focal point of Boston's old water-front. It was a controversial building in its day. Critics thought its Greek Revival style was old-fashioned, . . . — — Map (db m115260) HM
The 1933 Federal Building was built during the height of the Depression as the Boston home of the Federal Courts and the U. S. Post Office and was the site of precedent-setting judicial decisions on New Deal legislation and civil rights. The . . . — — Map (db m176245) HM
Originally a meeting hall for the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Exchange was built on land donated by streetcar magnate Henry M. Whitney and completed in 1892. Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge designed the tiered arches and rock-faced masonry which . . . — — Map (db m56478) HM
In memory of George Thorndike Angell 1823-1909 Erected in memory of George Thorndike Angell by the school children of Boston
by the City of Boston and by the Societies he founded – The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to . . . — — Map (db m176386) HM
On this site stood the residence of
Jean Lefebvre Decheverus
First Roman Catholic Bishop of Boston
Beloved by Protestant and Catholic alike
Born in France 1768
Made bishop 1808
Recalled to France in 1823
Later made Cardinal . . . — — Map (db m210103) HM
Ekua Holmes
Seeds of Love and Justice, 2022
Sunflower plantings
Seeds of Love and Justice, surrounding the main lawn at Dewey Square, is an extension of Ekua Holmes' ongoing Roxbury Sunflower . . . — — Map (db m215424) HM
Preachers • John Wilson • John Eliot • John Cotton Used before 1640 for town meetings and for sessions of the General Court of the Colony. — — Map (db m76633) HM
On this site stood the house of Robert Treat Paine A signer of the Declaration of Independence In this house he died on the 11th of May 1814 This tablet is placed here by the City of Boston 1924 — — Map (db m176247) HM
On March 5, 1770, in the street before you, nine British soldiers were confronted by an angry mob."The soldiers did fire without orders and killed five of his Majesty's good subjects...How fatal are the effects of posting a standing army among a . . . — — Map (db m76632) HM
The Continental Wingate Company Building A certified historic rehabilitation Constructed, c. 1816 Restored 1984 The Continental Wingate Building is the western terminus of old Central Wharf, which originally consisted of 54 attached brick . . . — — Map (db m176214) HM
Boston's uncompromising anti-slavery paper
The Liberator was founded on this site in
1831 by William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879),
a leader of the abolition movement in Boston.
The Liberator was the voice of Boston's
racially . . . — — Map (db m176249) HM
Here stood the Long Lane Meeting House (later the Federal Street Church) in which the Massachusetts State Convention voted to ratify the United States Constitution February 6, 1788
and the American Unitarian Association was organized May . . . — — Map (db m176241) HM
The Walk to the Sea encompasses four centuries
of Boston history. Beginning at the State House on
Beacon Hill, overlooking Boston's ancient Common,
the Walk passes among historic landmarks and
skyscrapers. The Walk crosses ground that, . . . — — Map (db m176235) HM
For more than 30 years the tallest building on the Boston skyline, the Custom House is a tangible reminder of the importance of the sea in the city’s economy and history.
Here duties were collected and maritime business conducted as Boston . . . — — Map (db m115261) HM
Inspirational leader of the Boston Celtics.
As an outstanding coach and general manager he helped bring 15 World Championships to Boston.
A member of the Hall of Fame, he has exceeded every record for consistent sports achievement. . . . — — Map (db m215590) HM
In honor of his 1999 induction into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame, his twenty-five years of excellence in distance running and his unfaltering dedication to the Boston community. A local hero and international competitor, Bill Rodgers . . . — — Map (db m215591) HM
Here, on June 2, 1875, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson first transmitted sound over wires.
This successful experiment was completed in a fifth floor garret at what was then 109 Court Street and marked the beginning of world-wide . . . — — Map (db m49787) HM
D.L. Moody, Christian Evangelist, Friend of man, Founder of the Northfield Schools, was converted to God in a shoe store on this site April 21, 1855 — — Map (db m129367) HM
The Ebenezer Hancock House, built in 1767, is the only remaining house in Boston associated with John Hancock. He owned the house but it was lived in by his brother Ebenezer, who was Deputy Paymaster General of the Continental Army. This is one . . . — — Map (db m18092) HM
Known as America’s “Cradle of Liberty” Faneuil Hall was a central location for organized protests against British tyranny prior to the American Revolution. Given to Boston in 1742 by Peter Faneuil and designed by the painter John Smibert, it was . . . — — Map (db m18067) HM
This is Faneuil Hall the Cradle of Liberty built and given to the town of Boston by Peter Faneuil ***** 1742 ***** Still used by a free people 1930 — — Map (db m18088) HM
Near this spot the Green Dragon Tavern The secret meeting place of the Sons of Liberty and in the words of Webster the Headquarters of the Revolution To mark a site forever memorable as The birthplace of American Freedom This Tavern is . . . — — Map (db m18091) HM
James Michael Curley, four times Congressman, four times Mayor of the City of Boston, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was born in Boston's South End, of Irish immigrant parents. His formal education cut short at age ten by the . . . — — Map (db m215594) HM
In honor of his election into the Basketball Hall of Fame and for his outstanding contributions to the game of basketball.
Larry Bird is a true legend against whom all future players will be measured.
Boston Celtics (1979 - 1992) . . . — — Map (db m215589) HM
Thatcher Magoun, a ship designer, builder and merchant, founded Thatcher Magoun & Son, a counting-house which operated on this site in the 19th century. Magoun's fleet of sailing ships carried the house flag into ports around the world.
The . . . — — Map (db m176004) HM
Here in 1719 stood the printing office of James Franklin publisher of the New England Courant. Here served as an apprentice his brother Benjamin Franklin
Here 1769 to 1776 Edes and Gill published the Boston Gazette — — Map (db m56692) HM
“Old Jimmy” Wilson, Boston’s last town crier, first hoisted the sign of the “Bell” in 1795 under the Exchange Coffee House in Congress Square.
The tavern gained a popular reputation for selling “the best Ale in . . . — — Map (db m115270) HM
Quincy Market
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the . . . — — Map (db m215593) HM
Samuel Adams 1722 – 1803 A patriot He organized the Revolution and signed the Declaration of Independence. A Statesman Incorruptible and Fearless Governor A true leader of the people. Erected A.D. 1880 from a fund bequeathed to the City of . . . — — Map (db m19013) HM
Spinosaurus was the world's largest carnivorous dinosaur, even larger than the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex! It is named for the giant fin on its back. The fin was probably a display feature, rather than a heating and cooling device as . . . — — Map (db m215592) HM
The Bell-in-Hand America's Oldest Continuously-Run Tavern Established 1795
The Bell-in-Hand has been the premier gathering place for generations of Bostonians. The first owner was Jimmy Wilson, the city's last known town crier, who rang his . . . — — Map (db m176012) HM
Neighborhood of Revolution “Paul Revere . . . started on a ride which, in a way has never ended.” - Esther Forbes, author of the classic study, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In In the course of just two pivotal days – April 18 . . . — — Map (db m191827) HM
Carmen Park is named in recognition of William Carmen's service to the community and his vision and leadership in creating the New England Holocaust Memorial.
Welcome to the New England Holocaust Memorial
This site is in memory of . . . — — Map (db m215601) HM WM
The Walk to the Sea encompasses four centuries of Boston history. Beginning at the State House on Beacon Hill, overlooking Boston's ancient Common, the Walk passes among historic landmarks and skyscrapers. The Walk crosses ground that centuries . . . — — Map (db m234424) HM
The Norman B. Leventhal Walk to the Sea
The Walk to the Sea encompasses four centuries of Boston history. Beginning at the State House on Beacon Hill, overlooking Boston's ancient Common, the Walk passes among historic landmarks and . . . — — Map (db m215814) HM
has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America The oldest continually operated restaurant and oyster bar in the United States, constructed . . . — — Map (db m18090) HM
The rank and financial status of Ft. Warren residents determined the quality of meal they ate. Rations for Union soldiers consisted of fresh beef with potatoes three times a week, salt beef, pork or ham three times a week, and baked beans on Sunday. . . . — — Map (db m108118) HM
Harbor mines and cables fill the pier during the Second World War. Built in 1906, the mine-storage building (background) now houses the visitor’s center. (Inscription below the title) Countering the threat of the submarine, the U.S. military mined . . . — — Map (db m62557) HM
During the War Between the States, 1861-1865 more than a thousand Confederates were imprisoned here of whom thirteen died.
D.B. Cartwright CO H 32 N.C.
James J. Cooper CO. F 17 N.C.
Col. T.J. Davidson 25 Miss
A. Diggs citizen, VA
Aquila . . . — — Map (db m59205) HM
From this vantage point it is possible to see the principal elements of Ft. Warren’s defense system. These are based on the 17th century, military theories developed by Louis XIV’s chief engineer, Sebastien de Vauban, and were modified to meet 19th . . . — — Map (db m62581) HM
Both Union Soldiers training at Ft. Warren and Confederate prisoners of war were quartered along this side of the fort, often in adjoining rooms. his area also contained a schoolroom, 1900-volume library, and a chapel which was used almost daily by . . . — — Map (db m59282) HM
Despite the prison's island location, a few Civil War prisoners tried to escape-in the end, always unsuccessfully. Among them was Pvt. Charles Sawyer, a Union deserter who widened this narrow musketry "loophole" (opening to the right), supposedly by . . . — — Map (db m59283) HM
Has been designated a registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the historic sites act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States — — Map (db m108117) HM
From the beginning, Fort Warren’s heart was the six-acre parade ground. When the Civil War broke out soon after the fort was completed, the area was still covered in construction debris. Newly enlisted Massachusetts regiments cleaned it up as they . . . — — Map (db m108116) HM
Among the notable political prisoners confined in these rooms were James Murray Mason and John Slidell, two Confederate envoys to Great Britain. Their arrest on board the British steamer Trent provoked an international incident and nearly brought . . . — — Map (db m108115) HM
There were nine magazines within the fort's bastions and fronts during the Civil War, all of the located at the parade ground level. They were lined with wood to prevent a soldier's gun or belt buckle from striking against the granite walls and . . . — — Map (db m168261) HM
“An army marches on its stomach,” Napoleon famously said---a statement that held true at Fort Warren. Soon after its construction, two unfinished casemates (bunkers) in Bastion C were equipped with tables and benches and pressed into . . . — — Map (db m108113) HM
54th Infantry 55th Infantry 5th Cavalry Massachusetts Volunteer Militia 1863-1865 "With Malice toward None, with Charity for All." Dedicated to the African-American troops who trained here and distinguished themselves in the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m4369) HM
Dedicated in sorrow to our grandmother Xiu Ying Gen. She was persecuted by the Communist Party in mainland China from 1949 until she died in 1978 because her husband was a general in the Army of the Republic of China in World War II who moved to . . . — — Map (db m244979)
Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow, U.S. Navy, Born in Wilmington N.C. November 19, 1911, Died in Boston Mass. Sept 29, 1873. He conducted the memorable sea fight in command of USS Kearsarge when she sunk the Alabama in the English Channel June 19. . . . — — Map (db m62532) WM
To attempt to tell the story of the wonderfully-gathered and splendidly-lodged Gardner Collection would be to displace a little the line that separates private from public property.... It is in presence of the results magnificently . . . — — Map (db m177018) HM
(Front panel) To the Memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of Boston who fell in defense of their Country and Liberty in the Rebellion which ended in 1865. This monument is gratefully dedicated by the City of Boston.(Rear panel) The courage and . . . — — Map (db m66276) WM
Designed in 1891 by the firm of America's foremost park planner and landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, this playground is one of the best surviving examples of the neighborhood parks in Boston's original system. Olmsted divided the park . . . — — Map (db m55527) HM
Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., America’s foremost landscape architect and the creator of Boston’s Emerald Necklace and New York’s Central Park, designed Charlestown Heights, now Doherty Playground, in 1891. With an increasing population and decreasing . . . — — Map (db m55528) HM
The first steeple was the one that Paul Revere knew as a boy (and bellringer) and later incorporated into his lantern signal plan. Because of the spire's height, any light shining from the topmost windows would be visible to Revere's fellow riders . . . — — Map (db m234430) HM
The second spire lasted until August 1954 when Hurricane Carol pummeled Boston. Spectators anxiously watched the spire teeter and sway until finally it fell across Salem Street and into Hull Street. The only damage was a small chunk dislodged from . . . — — Map (db m234432) HM
Climate Ready Boston is the city's program to prepare for rising seas, stronger coastal storms, hotter days, and heavier rainfall due to climate change. One strategy is to redesign waterfront parks — like this one — so they can be enjoyed . . . — — Map (db m215176) HM
"As the family story goes, while some of the locals took bits and pieces of the steeple as souvenirs, my uncle absconded with [a piece of] the weathervane and convinced my dad to hide it in our apartment. Supposedly they stashed it in my bedroom. . . . — — Map (db m234433) HM
The first mention of Africans arriving in Boston is in Governor John Winthrop’s diary entry of February 26, 1638, in which he states: “Mr. Peirce, in the Salem Ship, the Desire, returned from the West Indies . . . and brought some . . . — — Map (db m21011) HM
Anthony Vincent DeSimone was born on January 13, 1916. As an English High Graduate, Anthony was inducted into the United States Army on March 20, 1942. Second Lieutenant (2Lt.) DeSimone served with the 115th Infantry Regiment Regiment, 29th . . . — — Map (db m215193) HM WM
Printer, Scientist, Philanthropist, Diplomat and Statesman A Man of Towering Eminence
As Publisher of Poor Richard’s Almanac he provided America in its upbuilding with a practical Philosophy and enriched its common speech with a . . . — — Map (db m101423) HM
When waves of Italian immigrants began settling in the North End in the 1880s, they brought the centuries-old game of bocce with them. Bocce provided a tangible link to their past and helped meld a community among those speaking dialects from . . . — — Map (db m215183) HM
On January 15, 1919, a molasses tank at 529 Commercial Street exploded under pressure, killing 21 people. A 40-foot wave of molasses buckled the elevated railroad tracks, crushed buildings and inundated the neighborhood. Structural defects in the . . . — — Map (db m40677) HM
1600
1632: The first windmill to operate in the Colonies moves to Copp's Hill from Cambridge, when it would grind corn only in a westerly wind.
1641: The 160-ton Trial is launched. This first full-size ship built in Boston, . . . — — Map (db m215639) HM
The challenge of building the Florentine Café was given to Bradford Construction Company by the Riccio Family in 1995. A demanding task since the family wanted to keep the old original look of the late 1800's. To do this Bradford Construction . . . — — Map (db m234440) HM
Merchant Vestryman and Compatriot of
Paul Revere
on April 18, 1775 called
Robert Newman
from his house on Salem St. to Christ church and lest the British disturb him, locked the church doors from outside while the lanterns were being . . . — — Map (db m115353) HM
The oldest church building in Boston after its spire was blown down in a gale October 1804 the present spire, sixteen feet shorter than the original was erected under the supervision of Charles Bulfinch Its peal of bells the first in America has . . . — — Map (db m76585) HM
This park is on the site of the former home of Boston City Councilor, Christopher A. Iannella, who served as a State Legislative Representative for eight years, as a City Councilor for over two decades and as the longest serving City Council . . . — — Map (db m215186) HM
Civic Service House, one of several settlement houses in Boston, was founded in 1901 to provide services for local residents and newly-arrived immigrants. In 1905, Frank Parsons, a nationally known social and political reformer, founded the . . . — — Map (db m215651) HM
How does a house tell the story of a changing neighborhood?
Built ca. 1712-1715, this sturdy brick house became home to its builder, Ebenezer Clough, the master mason who helped construct Old North Church. He built several similar houses on . . . — — Map (db m234439) HM
This graceful home was built around 1712 and managed to survive when all its neighbors--including the house that Ben Franklin owned next door--were torn down. This was the home of one of Boston's "substantial mechanicks," Ebenezer Clough, the . . . — — Map (db m76630) HM
In the 18th century, Copp’s Hill was higher than it stands today. On April 23, 1775, just a few days after the battles of Lexington and Concord, British Admiral Samuel Graves received General Gage’s permission to construct a redoubt on Copp’s Hill . . . — — Map (db m191826) HM
Stroll round among the graves . . . lean on the free stone slab which lies over the bones of the Mathers . . . read the epitaph of stout William Clark, ‘Despiser of Sorry Persons and little Action’ . . . stand by the stone grave of sturdy Daniel . . . — — Map (db m18073) HM
In the 1630s, the northern-most slope of the Shawmut Peninsula (or Boston) was a prominent landmark. Settlers soon discovered its strategic overlook of the Harbor and of the Charles River to the west and found the steep hillock well-protected from . . . — — Map (db m145070) HM
For over 50 years residents enjoyed a sandy harbor beach here. Designed by Charles Eliot, of Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot, North End Park transformed an area of wharves and industrial buildings into a "neighborhood pleasure ground" that included . . . — — Map (db m215182) HM
When Copp’s Hill was first established as the “North Burying Ground,” it was just below the summit of one of Boston’s highest hills. Looking north over the colonial wharves one could see the towns of Charlestown and Chelsea and the confluence of the . . . — — Map (db m192057) HM
This street was long noted for its gardens and governors. At No. 4, opposite the site of Governor Hutchinson’s mansion, lived one of Boston’s “Irish governors,” John J. (“Honey Fitz”) Fitzgerald, ward boss, congressman and . . . — — Map (db m18072) HM
Not far from here on 16 November 1688, Goodwife Ann Glover an elderly Irish widow, was hanged as a witch because she had refused to renounce her Catholic faith. Having been deported from her native Ireland to the Barbados with her husband, who died . . . — — Map (db m215190) HM
Most of the gravestones in Copp’s Hill Burying Ground are upright stone markers placed before 1825. The quality and complexity of the carving depended on the skill of the carver and the budget of the person buying the memorial. The majority of the . . . — — Map (db m191735) HM
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