Be sure to check out the Hayes Park auction, scheduled for this Sunday, October 28th. More details about the auction here. We’ll be there- come say hi, bid on some great prizes, and support Hayes Park!
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Great time at the Architecture and History Walking Tour
Twice a year our historian John Neale leads walking tours about South End architecture and history. Each walking tour is a little different from the last as John explores different areas of the neighborhood. They always fill up and usually Read More …
South End Branch Library Event: “Boston’s Fairest: The First Fifty Years of Women in the Boston Police Department”
The South End Branch of the Boston Public Library presents a lecture and exhibit celebrating women pioneers in the Boston Police Department. With Kim L. Gaddy and Margaret R. Sullivan When: Illustrated lecture on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012, 6:30 p.m. Read More …
Fall Events in Boston: History, Books, and Food from Lady Gouda
One of our favorite local bloggers, Lady Gouda, just wrote a great post about fall events in Boston. It doesn’t get much more fall than story, books, and yummy food! Check out the event details here. See her thoughts on Read More …
New History Article by Alison Barnet for South End News
Local historian Alison Barnet’s latest column for the South End News is about long-time South Ender and artist Hal Trafford. Find it here. Excerpt: “One night in the very early 1950s, Hal Trafford, on shore leave from the Navy, walked Read More …
The Everett Letters: October 14, 1851
What have the Everetts been up to? Business at Rowes Wharf, the famous singer Jenny Lind, and some discussion about Irish domestic servants. See their letters from August 19, 1851 and September 23, 1851 for their earlier correspondence and some Read More …
The Everett Letters: September 23, 1851
Last week I posted the first in a long series of letters written by members of the Everett family. See the first letter, written on August 19, 1851. These letters were written between 1851 and 1859 and contain the correspondence Read More …
The Everett Letters: August 19, 1851
Years ago, Richard Card, the founding SEHS president, was told of the existence of a bunch of old letters stored in a shoebox in an attic of a South End house that was being renovated. He purchased the letters, which Read More …
Boston Jazz History
Last weekend I went to the book launch of The Boston Jazz Chronicles by Richard Vacca. The launch was held in the most appropriate place possible: Wally’s Cafe. Wally’s Cafe is the last remaining South End jazz club from the Read More …
The Story Behind 512-518 Tremont Street
You might have heard that the little one-story building at the corner of Tremont and Dwight Streets, seen at left, is slated for demolition. A new building with condos upstairs and commercial space on the ground floor will take its Read More …