Dorchester
Anthony Mitchell Sammarco (Author)
The ease of transportation via the Old Colony Railroad revolutionized Dorchester in the period between 1850 and the Civil War and brought a residential building boom that lasted the next seven decades. The town was annexed to the city of Boston in 1870, and by the turn of the century, Dorchester was one-fifth of the entire city. By the time of the Great Depression, the three-decker, Dorchester's unique contribution to American architecture, was a trademark of the community. Dorchester, part of the Then & Now series, places vintage images alongside contemporary photographs to explore the history of this community's public schools, places of worship, transportation, streetscapes, and historic houses
Pictorial works
1 online resource : illustrations
9781439616154, 9780738537993, 1439616159, 0738537993
860901498
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; From Farming Town to City Annex; One
Savin Hill and Glover's Corner; Two
Grove Hall; Three
Edward Everett Square; Four
Meeting House Hill; Five
Upham's Corner; Six
Field's Corner and Commercial Point; Seven
Codman Square; Eight
Pope's Hill and Cedar Grove; Nine
Lower Mills; Ten
Peabody Square; Eleven
Franklin Park and Franklin Field; Acknowledgments