When Samuel Stillman Pierce opened his store in 1831, he vowed, 'I may not make money for the nex...

The Church of the Holy Spirit was founded by Annie Lawrence Rotch as a memorial to her father, Be...

Once a part of Charlestown that could only be reached via 'The Neck' (present-day Sullivan Square...

Visit territory such as the House of Reformation at City Point and the Home for the Feeble-minded...

Originally a narrow, barren strip of land known as the Neck, Boston's South End grew from a lonel...

Architecture is defined as the design of structures for various uses, but the passion of the desi...

West Roxbury, located along the scenic Charles River, is a community of tree-lined streets and pa...

Trolleys Under the Hub

In 1765, when Joseph Rotch sailed across the bay from Nantucket, he brought with him the skills a...

Boston's financial district is considered the heart of New England's banking and finance. It is a...

With Milton, the first pictorial history of the town ever published, local historians Paul Buchan...

Boston in Motion

South Boston, a peninsular extension of the Massachusetts mainland, was originally dubbed 'Great ...

Dorchester was settled in 1630 by Puritans from England, and for over two hundred years it remain...

Few events can be said to have changed the face of Boston forever. Eventually destroying 775 buil...

Originally settled in 1629, Charlestown became well-known as the scene of the pivotal Revolutiona...

Jamaica Plain today is one of Boston's great suburban neighborhoods, but it has not always been c...

Settled as New Towne in 1631, Cambridge was referred to by Wood, a seventeenth-century chronicler...

The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, Order Sons of Italy in America was chartered in 1914 and is one...

Laid out in 1848 as a rural garden cemetery by Henry A. S. Dearborn, Forest Hills Cemetery celebr...

With Roslindale, Boston historian Anthony Mitchell Sammarco chronicles the development and evolut...

Referred to as 'one of the prettiest and pleasantest places of all New England towns,' Georgetown...

Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the Massachusetts State House as the 'Hub of the Universe.' In Bosto...

The Boston Elevated Railway broke ground in 1899 for a new transit service that opened in 1901, p...

In Dorchester Volume II, local author Anthony Mitchell Sammarco continues his detailed look at th...

Boston is a city rich in the history of residents from all walks of life, every country and every...

The Back Bay was one of Boston's premier residential neighborhoods between 1837 and 1901. From it...

Le strade del North End di Boston, alcune delle quail furono costuite nel diciasettesimo secolo, ...

Referred to in its beginning as a 'peculiar town,' Medford was originally a town but a plantation...

Hyde Park, incorporated as an individual town for a mere fifty years before being annexed to Bost...

On March 4, 1822, the townsfolk of Boston voted to incorporate their town as the City of Boston. ...

One of the largest development projects in nineteenth-century America, Boston's Back Bay was esse...

Settled in 1630, Roxbury, Massachusetts, became one of the most affluent towns in Colonial Americ...

The streets of Boston's North End, some laid out in the seventeenth century, exude a rich history...

Originally called Noodle's Island, East Boston was once comprised of five islands connected by ma...

Within these pages, author Anthony Mitchell Sammarco brings to life the history of Boston's West ...

Settled in 1630 by English Puritans seeking religious freedom, Boston has always been a city pron...

In an alternate universe, Boston's Dorchester neighborhood would be the Big City, as it was found...

Le strade del North End di Boston, alcune delle quail furono costuite nel diciasettesimo secolo, ...

Hyde Park, the last town annexed to Boston in 1912, was founded in 1868 from sections of Dorchest...

A collection of articles that first appeared in the Dorchester community notes.

'Back Bay Through Time is a fascinating glimpse of one of Boston's most impressive and iconic nei...

The Christmas Tree Shops, founded in 1970, became a beloved New England icon for unique bargains....

In his third book on South Boston, Anthony Mitchell Sammarco chronicles the changes that have tak...

Boston neighborhood history extraordinaire Anthony Mitchell Sammarco casts his local knowledge to...

The Back Bay was one of Boston's premier residential neighborhoods between 1837 and 1901. From it...

Learn more about the Father of the Franchise Industry in this illuminating history about the Howa...

Laid out in 1848 as a rural garden cemetery by Henry A. S. Dearborn, Forest Hills Cemetery celebr...