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“had been drowned.^ The Indians, after acquittal, were let loose by night. This so inflamed the mob, that some thirty boys and young fellows called at nine o'clock at night on James Oliver, a magistrate, thinking he would lead them in an attack on the prison, that they might take and hang one remaining Indian.”

Boston In Philips War. 32 1 - Professional and Industrial History of Suffolk County, Massachusetts (1894). Machine-read text.

206 National Register listings, of which 5 are National Historic Landmarks · 17 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1884 to 1891 · the 1894 county history tells 4 stories and names 87 people · people the book names include Frederick Lothrop Ames (Revere City, 1894) · P.Ostox And Eastern Afassachusetts (Boston City, 1908) (machine-read).

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  • 5 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Boston, Revere, Chelsea, Winthrop, Brighton, between 1867 and 1975.
  • 90 fire insurance atlas(es) survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 3,062 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 206 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places, including 6 historic districts, 29 houses and farms.
  • 39 of the 206 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 69 populated places in this county; 0 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
  • 5 public-domain county histories, 1880 to 1908, supply 1,144,386 words of narrative reproduced here in full.

What happened here

4 accounts

A captivity, a drowning, a famine, a man scalped clearing his lot in 1789. These are passages from Professional and Industrial History of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, written while people who remembered the events were still alive, and each one opens the section it comes from.

1894, Boston City

City Charter

IN giving some notices of manners and social life during this period, I shall speak first of usages which were characteristic of the close of the last century: most of them continued without essential modification until our city charter swept away the old landmarks, and Boston felt the im¬ pulses which mark a new epoch in her history.

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1894, Boston City

The Memorial History Of Boston

To Concord's yeomen the signal sent, And spake in the voice of the cannon-shot That severed the chains of a continent. With its gentler mission of peace and good-will The thought of the Quaker is living still, And the freedom of soul he prophesied Is gospel and law where its martyrs died.

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1894, Boston City

Boston And The Neighboring Jurisdictions

In the mean time D'Aulnay waged an active warfare against his rival ; and while the latter was absent on a trading voyage, his fort at St. John's was attacked and taken by assault. Madame La Tour fell into the hands of her enemy, and died in less than three weeks after\vard. By the capture of his fort La Tour lost jewels, plate, furniture, and other movables valued by him at ten thousand pounds, and was for a time rendered utterly helpless.

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1894, Boston City

Boston In Philips War. 32 1

had been drowned.^ The Indians, after acquittal, were let loose by night. This so inflamed the mob, that some thirty boys and young fellows called at nine o'clock at night on James Oliver, a magistrate, thinking he would lead them in an attack on the prison, that they might take and hang one remaining Indian.

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Photographs

57 photographs, 1920 to 1943

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Conversion. Toy factory. Closeup of press in production of condenser caps to which it has been converted. Former production of this machine consisted of toys and movie projectors. Keystone
Conversion. Toy factory. Closeup of press in production of condenser caps to which it has been converted. Former production of this machine consisted of toys and movie projectors. Keystone
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Safety razor plant. He used to make razor blades, but now he's a vital cog in Uncle Sam's war production machine. Charles Taylor, inspects steel part on converted horizontal grinder. Gillette
Conversion. Safety razor plant. He used to make razor blades, but now he's a vital cog in Uncle Sam's war production machine. Charles Taylor, inspects steel part on converted horizontal grinder. Gillette
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Noston, Massachusetts. An American Red Cross ambulance used by the blood donor service
Noston, Massachusetts. An American Red Cross ambulance used by the blood donor service
Unattributed, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Toy factory. Skillfully operating this massive press, a worker stamps out part of a filter box essential to the armed forces. Before conversion of this machine, metal toys were stamped out. The changeover consisted chiefly of new dies. Keystone
Conversion. Toy factory. Skillfully operating this massive press, a worker stamps out part of a filter box essential to the armed forces. Before conversion of this machine, metal toys were stamped out. The changeover consisted chiefly of new dies. Keystone
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Checking dimensions of completed V-block, shop supervisor George Cole explains testing processes to Edith Krause. Both these workers have graduated from razor blades to tool posts because of the company's subcontract for production of war tools
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Checking dimensions of completed V-block, shop supervisor George Cole explains testing processes to Edith Krause. Both these workers have graduated from razor blades to tool posts because of the company's subcontract for production of war tools
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. It was a matter of only a couple of hours to change this block adapter from its former work on the production of cube steak machinery to spout cutting for war subcontracts. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. It was a matter of only a couple of hours to change this block adapter from its former work on the production of cube steak machinery to spout cutting for war subcontracts. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. This is a specially designed chuck for a newly acquired second-hand turret lathe, which this Eastern cube steak machinery plant recently bought from a nearby shoe factory in order to speed work on new defense subcontracts. Here it holds a three-and-a-quarter-inch hexagonal nut, which has just been threaded by the tap seen in the background. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. This is a specially designed chuck for a newly acquired second-hand turret lathe, which this Eastern cube steak machinery plant recently bought from a nearby shoe factory in order to speed work on new defense subcontracts. Here it holds a three-and-a-quarter-inch hexagonal nut, which has just been threaded by the tap seen in the background. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Safety razor plant. In a New England plant manufacturing safety razors, honed head blade clips for razors. Normally her full-time job, Estelle now spends much of her time grinding V-blocks on these same machines, which are rapidly being converted to war production work under a subcontract
Conversion. Safety razor plant. In a New England plant manufacturing safety razors, honed head blade clips for razors. Normally her full-time job, Estelle now spends much of her time grinding V-blocks on these same machines, which are rapidly being converted to war production work under a subcontract
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Back to aid in his country's war effort is Phineas Davenport Allen, seventy-eight-year-old mechanic who worked on steering riggings for submarines during World War I. Today he is employed by a New England company, whose normal peacetime product is cube steak machinery. The drill press he operates was a valuable part of the company's peacetime equipment, is even more valuable today in the speeding of work on war subcontracts. Here Allen is drilling bearing caps for cube steak machines. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Back to aid in his country's war effort is Phineas Davenport Allen, seventy-eight-year-old mechanic who worked on steering riggings for submarines during World War I. Today he is employed by a New England company, whose normal peacetime product is cube steak machinery. The drill press he operates was a valuable part of the company's peacetime equipment, is even more valuable today in the speeding of work on war subcontracts. Here Allen is drilling bearing caps for cube steak machines. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Because of their dexterity and precision in the operation of light-duty machines, women are appearing in ever-increasing numbers on America's production lines. Here Estelle Wilson resharpens grinding wheel with a diamond point, first step toward converting one of a razor company's machines to war production work. Gillette
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Because of their dexterity and precision in the operation of light-duty machines, women are appearing in ever-increasing numbers on America's production lines. Here Estelle Wilson resharpens grinding wheel with a diamond point, first step toward converting one of a razor company's machines to war production work. Gillette
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Operator of this universal milling machine is John J. Morris, shown here cutting steel disk covers for his company's normal product--cube steak machines. Today Morris uses the same machine adapted to war subcontract work --cutting of large hexagonal nuts for a government arsenal. "Hexing a nut" is a very simple job with a machine designed to shape the entire nut in one operation, but this machine is not available and time is short. Morris, therefore, turns the round steel stock three times, cutting two sides at a time
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Operator of this universal milling machine is John J. Morris, shown here cutting steel disk covers for his company's normal product--cube steak machines. Today Morris uses the same machine adapted to war subcontract work --cutting of large hexagonal nuts for a government arsenal. "Hexing a nut" is a very simple job with a machine designed to shape the entire nut in one operation, but this machine is not available and time is short. Morris, therefore, turns the round steel stock three times, cutting two sides at a time
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Back to aid in his country's war effort is Phineas Davenport Allen, seventy-eight-year-old mechanic who worked on steering riggings for submarines during World War I. Today he is employed by a New England company, whose normal peacetime product is cube steak machinery. The drill press he operates was a valuable part of the company's peacetime equipment, is even more valuable today in the speeding of work on war subcontracts. New tooling and a large drill have fitted this press for the drilling of screw machine parts needed in new machine tools for war production. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Back to aid in his country's war effort is Phineas Davenport Allen, seventy-eight-year-old mechanic who worked on steering riggings for submarines during World War I. Today he is employed by a New England company, whose normal peacetime product is cube steak machinery. The drill press he operates was a valuable part of the company's peacetime equipment, is even more valuable today in the speeding of work on war subcontracts. New tooling and a large drill have fitted this press for the drilling of screw machine parts needed in new machine tools for war production. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Toy factory. Closeup of one of the hexagonal brass terminals in a screw machine recently converted to war production. Terminals are used for radio filter boxes in tanks and jeeps. Keystone
Conversion. Toy factory. Closeup of one of the hexagonal brass terminals in a screw machine recently converted to war production. Terminals are used for radio filter boxes in tanks and jeeps. Keystone
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. John J. Morris used to cut steel disc covers with this universal milling machine. These disc covers were part of the cube steak machines which are the normal products of the New England plant where he is employed. Today, however, Morris used the same machine retooled for subcontract work--the cutting of large hexagonal nuts for a government arsenal. For cube steak machinery there was only one milling wheel, instead of the two shown above. "Hexing a nut" is a very simple job with a machine designed to shape the nut in a single operation, but such a machine is not available and time is short. Morris, therefore, shifts the round steel stock three times, cutting two sides at a time. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. John J. Morris used to cut steel disc covers with this universal milling machine. These disc covers were part of the cube steak machines which are the normal products of the New England plant where he is employed. Today, however, Morris used the same machine retooled for subcontract work--the cutting of large hexagonal nuts for a government arsenal. For cube steak machinery there was only one milling wheel, instead of the two shown above. "Hexing a nut" is a very simple job with a machine designed to shape the nut in a single operation, but such a machine is not available and time is short. Morris, therefore, shifts the round steel stock three times, cutting two sides at a time. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Toy factory. Before and after conversion. Product of this New England factory before conversion was toys, such as this steam roller. Today, after converting its machinery, it is making radio filter boxes for tanks and jeeps. The small parts shown in the picture are used in the filter boxes
Conversion. Toy factory. Before and after conversion. Product of this New England factory before conversion was toys, such as this steam roller. Today, after converting its machinery, it is making radio filter boxes for tanks and jeeps. The small parts shown in the picture are used in the filter boxes
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Safety razor plant. From razor blades to V-blocks in few weeks! That's the story of Estelle Wilson, one of a New England razor company's many women employees who are now operating machines recently converted to production of war essentials. Gillette
Conversion. Safety razor plant. From razor blades to V-blocks in few weeks! That's the story of Estelle Wilson, one of a New England razor company's many women employees who are now operating machines recently converted to production of war essentials. Gillette
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. This turret lathe was purchased second-hand from a nearby shoe factory to speed production on war subcontracts held by a New England plant which formerly turned out cube steak machinery. Edwin Becker is checking on a retooling job in progress which will eventually fit the new lathe to thread three-and-a-quarter-inch hexagonal nuts. Becker is checking the measurements of the tool hole in the turret with those of the specially-built tap which will do the threading. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. This turret lathe was purchased second-hand from a nearby shoe factory to speed production on war subcontracts held by a New England plant which formerly turned out cube steak machinery. Edwin Becker is checking on a retooling job in progress which will eventually fit the new lathe to thread three-and-a-quarter-inch hexagonal nuts. Becker is checking the measurements of the tool hole in the turret with those of the specially-built tap which will do the threading. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Estelle Wilson, one of a New England razor factory's many women workers, checks completed V-blocks with blueprint specification. Because of their previous training, reading blueprints is no novelty to women employed in this plant which is now producing tool posts under subcontract. Gillette
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Estelle Wilson, one of a New England razor factory's many women workers, checks completed V-blocks with blueprint specification. Because of their previous training, reading blueprints is no novelty to women employed in this plant which is now producing tool posts under subcontract. Gillette
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. In the background is a cube steak machine, normal product of a New England plant now doing work on various war subcontracts. In the foreground are twenty-four items typical of those this plant has been doing to turn out for the war effort after certain retooling and conversion work had been done on its machinery. These changes are necessarily simple, for this company is still filling army and navy orders for the cube steak machine. Including among the twenty-four items are aluminum crankcases, steel spouts for anti-tank guns, bronze flanges, nuts and various screw machine parts. Cube Steak Machines Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. In the background is a cube steak machine, normal product of a New England plant now doing work on various war subcontracts. In the foreground are twenty-four items typical of those this plant has been doing to turn out for the war effort after certain retooling and conversion work had been done on its machinery. These changes are necessarily simple, for this company is still filling army and navy orders for the cube steak machine. Including among the twenty-four items are aluminum crankcases, steel spouts for anti-tank guns, bronze flanges, nuts and various screw machine parts. Cube Steak Machines Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Closeup of grinder converted from production of safety razors to tool-posts. Only conversion necessary in this instance is of the tool holding the V-block, which is held in place by the magnetic chuck. Gillette
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Closeup of grinder converted from production of safety razors to tool-posts. Only conversion necessary in this instance is of the tool holding the V-block, which is held in place by the magnetic chuck. Gillette
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. This turret lathe was purchased second-hand from a nearby shoe factory to speed production on war subcontracts held by a New England plant which formerly turned out cube steak machinery. Edwin Becker is checking on a retooling job in progress which eventually fit the new lathe to thread three-and-a-quarter-inch hexagonal nuts. Becker is checking the measurements of the tool hole in the turret with those of the specially-built tap which will do the threading. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. This turret lathe was purchased second-hand from a nearby shoe factory to speed production on war subcontracts held by a New England plant which formerly turned out cube steak machinery. Edwin Becker is checking on a retooling job in progress which eventually fit the new lathe to thread three-and-a-quarter-inch hexagonal nuts. Becker is checking the measurements of the tool hole in the turret with those of the specially-built tap which will do the threading. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job-shaping wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal production. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job-shaping wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal production. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. John J. Morris used to cut steel disc covers with his universal milling machine. These disc covers were part of the cube steak machines which are the normal products of the New England plant where he is employed. Today, however, Morris uses the same machine, tooled over for war subcontract work, for the cutting of large hexagonal nuts for a government arsenal. For cube steak machinery there was only one milling wheel, instead of the two shown above. "Hexing a nut" is a very simple job with a machine designed to shape the nut in a single operation, but such a machine is not available and time is short. Morris, therefore, shifts the round steel stock three times, cutting two sides at a time. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. John J. Morris used to cut steel disc covers with his universal milling machine. These disc covers were part of the cube steak machines which are the normal products of the New England plant where he is employed. Today, however, Morris uses the same machine, tooled over for war subcontract work, for the cutting of large hexagonal nuts for a government arsenal. For cube steak machinery there was only one milling wheel, instead of the two shown above. "Hexing a nut" is a very simple job with a machine designed to shape the nut in a single operation, but such a machine is not available and time is short. Morris, therefore, shifts the round steel stock three times, cutting two sides at a time. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. It was a matter of only a couple of hours to change this block adapter from its former work, on the production of cube steak machinery, to spout cutting for war subcontracts. Cube Steak Machinery Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. It was a matter of only a couple of hours to change this block adapter from its former work, on the production of cube steak machinery, to spout cutting for war subcontracts. Cube Steak Machinery Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Toy factory. This worker formerly produced toy wheels on this press; now his converted press adds to Uncle Sam's might in production of condenser caps for the Signal Corps, and of radio filter boxes for jeeps and tanks. Keystone
Conversion. Toy factory. This worker formerly produced toy wheels on this press; now his converted press adds to Uncle Sam's might in production of condenser caps for the Signal Corps, and of radio filter boxes for jeeps and tanks. Keystone
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Operator of this universal milling machine is John J. Morris shown here cutting steel disc covers for his company's normal product--cube steak machines. Today, Morris used the same machine adapted to war subcontract work- -the cutting of large hexagonal nuts for a government arsenal. "Hexing a nut" is a very simple job with a machine designed to shape the entire piece in one operation, but such a machine is not available and time is short. Morris, therefore, shifts the round piece of steel stock three times, cutting two sides in each operation. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Operator of this universal milling machine is John J. Morris shown here cutting steel disc covers for his company's normal product--cube steak machines. Today, Morris used the same machine adapted to war subcontract work- -the cutting of large hexagonal nuts for a government arsenal. "Hexing a nut" is a very simple job with a machine designed to shape the entire piece in one operation, but such a machine is not available and time is short. Morris, therefore, shifts the round piece of steel stock three times, cutting two sides in each operation. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Boston, Massachuestts. Slum
Boston, Massachuestts. Slum
Unattributed, 1920. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job--shaping of wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal product. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job--shaping of wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal product. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tanks guns such as those shown in the foreground is the present work of this lathe, formerly used in the production of cube steak machines in a New England plant which is now turning out a number of parts for war machinery on subcontract. Conversion of this machine, and the stepping up of its speed required only a few hours. The operator, Ralph Hutchings, has also turned his skill to war work. He formerly operated a lathe in the production of cube steak machinery. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tanks guns such as those shown in the foreground is the present work of this lathe, formerly used in the production of cube steak machines in a New England plant which is now turning out a number of parts for war machinery on subcontract. Conversion of this machine, and the stepping up of its speed required only a few hours. The operator, Ralph Hutchings, has also turned his skill to war work. He formerly operated a lathe in the production of cube steak machinery. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Page from Boston Sunday Post
Page from Boston Sunday Post
Unattributed, 1935. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. It was a matter of only a couple of hours to change this block adapter from its former work, on the production of cube steak machinery to spout cutting for war subcontracts. Cube Steak Machinery Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. It was a matter of only a couple of hours to change this block adapter from its former work, on the production of cube steak machinery to spout cutting for war subcontracts. Cube Steak Machinery Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Operation of surface grinder in production of V-blocks for the machine that makes America's war machine. Women are rapidly being drafted to fill men's jobs on light-duty machines as this
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Operation of surface grinder in production of V-blocks for the machine that makes America's war machine. Women are rapidly being drafted to fill men's jobs on light-duty machines as this
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Coast Guard Auxiliary. Guardians of inland waters. At the Lewis wharf of Coast Guard headquarters in Boston, small craft made available by members of the auxiliary are lined up alongside of Coast Guard vessels
Coast Guard Auxiliary. Guardians of inland waters. At the Lewis wharf of Coast Guard headquarters in Boston, small craft made available by members of the auxiliary are lined up alongside of Coast Guard vessels
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Conversion. Toy factory. Presses that once turned out metal toys and motion picture projectors are now being converted to production of filter boxes to be used in jeeps and tanks. Keystone
Conversion. Toy factory. Presses that once turned out metal toys and motion picture projectors are now being converted to production of filter boxes to be used in jeeps and tanks. Keystone
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job--shaping of wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal product. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machinery Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job--shaping of wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal product. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machinery Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Final inspection of V-blocks made by converted machines of a New England safety razor company. Gillette
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Final inspection of V-blocks made by converted machines of a New England safety razor company. Gillette
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Toy factory. Between the heavy punch and the die, a vital war product is being turned out by a press which once produced only metal toys and movie projectors. U-shaped object is part of radio filter box essential to the army. Keystone
Conversion. Toy factory. Between the heavy punch and the die, a vital war product is being turned out by a press which once produced only metal toys and movie projectors. U-shaped object is part of radio filter box essential to the army. Keystone
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Rita Allen sands V-blocks to remove marks made by milling machines. This razor factory has converted many of its machines to the production of tool posts which are essential to war production. Gillette
Conversion. Safety razor plant. Rita Allen sands V-blocks to remove marks made by milling machines. This razor factory has converted many of its machines to the production of tool posts which are essential to war production. Gillette
Hollem, Howard R., photographer, 1942. Library of Congress
Savage House, 30 Dock Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Savage House, 30 Dock Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Franklin Park Zoo, Elephant House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Franklin Park Zoo, Elephant House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Edison-Spencer-Grafton Block, 254-264 Columbus Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Edison-Spencer-Grafton Block, 254-264 Columbus Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Milestones A, B, E, HHH, III & PPP, Various Dorchester locations, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA
Milestones A, B, E, HHH, III & PPP, Various Dorchester locations, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Whiting Building, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Whiting Building, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Bird-Sawyer House, 41 Humphreys Street, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA
Bird-Sawyer House, 41 Humphreys Street, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Franklin Place & Tontine Crescent, Franklin Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Franklin Place & Tontine Crescent, Franklin Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Old South Meetinghouse, Washington & Milk Streets, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Old South Meetinghouse, Washington & Milk Streets, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
New England Merchants Bank Building, State & Congress Streets, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
New England Merchants Bank Building, State & Congress Streets, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Back Bay Station, 145 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Back Bay Station, 145 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Union Oyster House (Restaurant), 41-43 Union Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Union Oyster House (Restaurant), 41-43 Union Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Broadway Bridge, Spanning Foundry Street, MBTA Yard, Fort Point Channel, & Lehigh Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Broadway Bridge, Spanning Foundry Street, MBTA Yard, Fort Point Channel, & Lehigh Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Milestones HH & II, Harvard Street, Brighton, Suffolk County, MA
Milestones HH & II, Harvard Street, Brighton, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Harrison Gray Otis House (second), 85 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Harrison Gray Otis House (second), 85 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Washington & Franklin Streets (Building), Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Washington & Franklin Streets (Building), Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Amory-Ticknor House, 9 Park Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Amory-Ticknor House, 9 Park Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Captain's House, Captain's Row, Shurtleff Street, Chelsea, Suffolk County, MA
Captain's House, Captain's Row, Shurtleff Street, Chelsea, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Franklin Park Zoo, Feline House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Franklin Park Zoo, Feline House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Clough-Langdon House, 21 Unity Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Clough-Langdon House, 21 Unity Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

206

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Abbotsfordbuilding198787000885
Adams-Nervine Asylumbuilding198282004456
All Saints' Churchbuilding198080000678
Allston Congregational Churchbuilding199797001377
Ames Buildingbuilding197474000382
Arlington Street Churchbuilding197373000313
Arlington Street Churchbuilding197373001948
Armory of the First Corps of Cadetsbuilding197373000314
Austin, Francis B., Housebuilding198887001478
Baker Congregational Churchbuilding199898001381
Baker, Sarah J., Schoolbuilding198383004285
Beach-Knapp Districtdistrict198080000462
Bedford Buildingbuilding197979000368
Bellevue Standpipestructure199089002251
Bellingham-Cary Housebuilding197474000908
Benedict Fenwick Schoolbuilding200404000023
Benjamin Silverman Apartmentsbuilding2018100002790
Bennington Street Burying Groundsite200202000548
Berger Factorybuilding198080000677
Bigelow Schoolbuilding198585000316
Blackstone Block Historic Districtdistrict197373000315
Blake and Amory Buildingbuilding201414000272
Blake, James, Housebuilding197474002350
Boston African American National Historic Sitedistrict202380004396
Boston Edison Electric Illuminating Companybuilding198080000453
Boston National Historical Parkdistrict197474002222
Boston Police Station Number One-Traffic Tunnel Administration Buildingbuilding201515000048
Boston Transit Commission Buildingbuilding200707000861
Boston Young Men's Christian Associationbuilding199898001082
Boston Young Men's Christian Unionbuilding198080000451
Bowditch Schoolbuilding199090001145
Boylston Buildingbuilding198080000450
Building at 138--142 Portland Streetbuilding198585002015
Buildings at 825--829 Blue Hill Avenuebuilding201414000561
Bunker Hill Schoolbuilding198787001771
Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complexbuilding199090001095
Camden Street Development Historic Districtdistrict2022100007727
Cary Cottagebuilding198585000317
Cathedral of St. George Historic Districtdistrict199898001361
Charles Playhousebuilding198080000676
Charles River Reservation (Speedway)--Upper Basin Headquartersbuilding201010000506
Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding198383000601
Chelsea Garden Cemeterysite200101000089
Christ Churchbuilding198686000140
Church Green Buildings Historic Districtdistrict199999001614
Church of Christbuilding198484000430
Clapp Housesbuilding197474000911
Codman Buildingbuilding198383004097
Collins Buildingbuilding200505000559
Commonwealth Pier Fivebuilding197912001162
Compton Buildingbuilding200808001284
Congregation Adath Jeshurunbuilding199999001304
Congregation Agudath Shalombuilding199393000283
Congress Street Fire Stationbuilding198787001396
Copp's Hill Burial Groundsite197474000385
Copp's Hill Terracesite199090000631
Crowninshield Housebuilding197272000145
Cyclorama Buildingbuilding197373000318
Davidson, Sarah, Apartment Blockbuilding201313000928
Dearborn Schoolbuilding200000000871
Dill Buildingbuilding198080000448
Dillaway Schoolbuilding198080001683
District 13 Police Stationbuilding198887002549
Dorchester Heights National Historic Sitestructure196666000050
Dorchester North Burying Grounddistrict197474000915
Dorchester Pottery Worksbuilding198585000318
Dorchester South Burying Groundsite201414000365
Dorchester Temple Baptist Churchbuilding199897001239
East Boston High School, Oldbuilding200606000127
Egleston Substationbuilding201010001066
Eliot Burying Groundsite197474000388
Eliot Congregational Churchbuilding199493001587
Eliot Hallbuilding198888000959
Engine House No. 34building198585003375
Esmond Street Historic Districtdistrict2018100003070
Faneuil, Peter, Schoolbuilding199494001492
Fields Corner Municipal Buildingbuilding198181000620
Filene's Department Storebuilding198686001909
First Baptist Churchbuilding197272000146
First Church of Jamaica Plainbuilding198888000955
First Congregational Church of Hyde Parkbuilding199999001308
Fowler-Clark-Epstein Farmsteadbuilding2020100005089
Fox, I.J., Buildingbuilding201515000942
Frances and Isabella Apartmentsbuilding200202000081
Fulton-Commercial Streets Districtdistrict197373000319
Gardner, Isabella Stewart, Museumbuilding198383000603
Garrison, William Lloyd, Schoolbuilding198080000674
Goldsmith Blockbuilding200707000510
Goodwin, Ozias, Housebuilding198888000908
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New Englandbuilding198888000957
Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Churchbuilding200202000154
Haffenreffer Brewerybuilding198282004453
Hale, Edward Everett, Housebuilding197973000325
Harriswood Crescentbuilding198686000375
Harvard Avenue Fire Stationbuilding198383000605
Haskell, Edward H., Home for Nursesbuilding200404000085
Hayden Buildingbuilding198080000446
Hibernian Hallbuilding200404000534
Highland Schoolbuilding201414000063
Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildingsbuilding201010000300
Home for Aged Couplesbuilding200505000879
Hoosac Stores 1 & 2-Hoosac Stores 3district198585002339
Hoosac Stores 1 & 2-Hoosac Stores 3district198585002339
House at 1 Bay Streetbuilding199493001573
House at 17 Cranston Streetbuilding198787001398
Hoxie, Timothy, Housebuilding198787001399
Immaculate Conception Rectorybuilding200201001559
International Trust Company Buildingbuilding197979000369
John Adams Courthousebuilding197474000391
John Eliot Square Districtdistrict197373000854
John F. Kennedy Federal Buildingbuilding2021100007130
Joshua Bates Schoolbuilding200808000793
Kimball, C. Henry, Housebuilding198282004464
Kittredge, Alvah, Housebuilding197373000855
LUNA (tugboat)structure198383004099
Lawrence Model Lodging Housesbuilding198383000606
League of Women Community Service Buildingbuilding197373000324
Liberty Tree Districtdistrict198080000460
Locke--Ober Restaurantbuilding198686001911
Long Island Head Lightstructure198787001481
Loring, Harrison, Housebuilding198383000604
Loring-Greenough Housebuilding197272000544
Lyman, Theodore, Schoolbuilding201414000975
Malcolm X-Ella Little Collins Housebuilding2021100005455
Mariner's Housebuilding199999001302
Massachusetts School of Artbuilding198989000974
McKay, Donald, Housebuilding198282004450
Metropolitan Theatrebuilding198080000445
Nathan Warnick Apartmentsbuilding2019100003942
Nazing Court Apartmentsbuilding200404000426
New Riding Clubbuilding198787001394
Newspaper Rowbuilding198383000607
Newton, Edward B., Schoolbuilding199797000878
Nix's Mate Daybeaconstructure200404000189
Oak Square Schoolbuilding198080000465
Old Corner Bookstorebuilding197373000322
Otis, (Second) Harrison Gray, Housebuilding197373001955
Paine Furniture Buildingbuilding200202001039
Park Street Districtdistrict197474000390
Peabody, Thebuilding200101000872
Phipps Street Burying Groundsite197474000907
Piano Row Districtdistrict198080000458
Pierce Housebuilding197474000917
Pilgrim Congregational Churchbuilding201313000929
Publicity Buildingbuilding200303000781
Quincy Grammar Schoolbuilding2017100001458
ROSEWAY (schooner)structure199797001278
Repertory Theatre of Bostonbuilding2023100009307
Revere City Hall and Police Stationbuilding201212000070
Revere City Hall and Police Stationbuilding201212000070
Richardson Blockbuilding198686001504
Riviera, Thebuilding199595001450
Ronan, Mary, T., Schoolbuilding198282000485
Roslindale Baptist Churchbuilding199898001330
Roslindale Congregational Churchbuilding199191000925
Roslindale Substationbuilding201313000621
Roughan Hallbuilding198282004448
Roxbury High Fortsite197373000856
Roxbury Presbyterian Churchbuilding199189002125
Rumney Marsh Burying Groundsite200404000025
Russia Wharf Buildingsbuilding198080000463
Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemeterydistrict198787001495
Samuel Edelman Apartmentsbuilding2019100003471
Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Storebuilding199190001992
Sears' Crescent and Sears' Blockbuilding198686001486
Second Brazer Buildingbuilding198686001913
Second Church in Bostonbuilding201010000391
Sewall Buildingbuilding198585000317
Shubert, Sam S., Theatrebuilding198080000444
Slade Spice Millstructure197209000709
South Boston Boat Clubs Historic Districtdistrict200505000936
South End District (Boundary Increase)district201414001095
South Station Headhousebuilding197575000299
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Complexdistrict198989002169
St. Luke's and St. Margaret's Churchdistrict199797001472
St. Mary's Episcopal Churchbuilding199898001292
St. Stephen's Churchbuilding197575000300
Stearns, R. H., Housebuilding198080000671
Students Housebuilding199797000970
Suffolk County Jailbuilding198080000670
Symphony and Horticultural Hallsbuilding197575000301
Theodore Parker Unitarian Universalist Churchbuilding2020100005274
Trinity Neighborhood Housebuilding199292000356
Trinity Rectorybuilding197272000150
U.S.S. CONSTITUTIONstructure196666000789
US Post Office Garagebuilding198686001378
USS CASSIN YOUNG (destroyer)structure198686000084
Union Wharfbuilding198080000669
United Shoe Machinery Corporation Buildingbuilding198080000668
Upham's Corner Marketbuilding199090001537
Vermont Buildingbuilding198484000421
Walton and Roslin Hallsbuilding201313000930
Washington Street Theatre Districtdistrict197979000370
West Street Districtdistrict198080000455
Westerly Burial Groundsite198787001401
Wigglesworth Buildingbuilding198282000486
Wilbur Theatrebuilding198080000443
Winthrop Buildingbuilding197474000392
Winthrop Parkway, Metropolitan Parkway System of Greater Bostondistrict200403001471
Winthrop Parkway, Metropolitan Parkway System of Greater Bostondistrict200403001471
Winthrop Shore Dr., Metropolitan Park System of Greater Bostondistrict200403001469
Winthrop Shore Dr., Metropolitan Park System of Greater Bostondistrict200403001469
Winthrop, Deane, Housebuilding199090000162
Wirth, Jacob, Buildingsbuilding198080000442
YWCA Bostonbuilding200404000119
Youth's Companion Buildingbuilding197474000393

Covered bridges

0

Suffolk County holds 0 covered bridges on the National Register, more than any other property type here. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.

Digitised newspapers

7 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The New-England Chronicle

Boston [Mass.]; Boston [Mass], 1776 to 1776. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Massachusetts Spy

Boston [Mass.], 1770 to 1772. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

10

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1920 - Bird's eye view of Boston Harbor along the South Shore to Plymouth, Cape Cod Canal, and Provincetown : in colors : showing all steamboat routes
Bird's-eye view (1920) - Bird's eye view of Boston Harbor along the South Shore to Plymouth, Cape Cod Canal, and Provincetown : in colors : showing all steamboat routes. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1879 - View of East Boston, Mass. 1879
Bird's-eye view (1879) - View of East Boston, Mass. 1879. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1870 - Bird's-eye view of Boston, United States
Bird's-eye view (1870) - Bird's-eye view of Boston, United States. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1870 - View of Boston, July 4th 1870
Bird's-eye view (1870) - View of Boston, July 4th 1870. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1873 - The city of Boston
Bird's-eye view (1873) - The city of Boston. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1877 - Boston bird's-eye view from the north
Bird's-eye view (1877) - Boston bird's-eye view from the north. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1879 - The city of Boston 1879
Bird's-eye view (1879) - The city of Boston 1879. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1880 - View of Boston, Massachusetts 1880
Bird's-eye view (1880) - View of Boston, Massachusetts 1880. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1888 - Boston Highlands, Massachusetts. Wards 19, 20, 21 & 22 of Boston
Bird's-eye view (1888) - Boston Highlands, Massachusetts. Wards 19, 20, 21 & 22 of Boston. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1899 - Boston 1899
Bird's-eye view (1899) - Boston 1899. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

25 of 131,718 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 131,718 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Atlas of Dorchester, West Roxbury and Brighton, city of Boston, Boston Public Library - undated
Atlas of Dorchester, West Roxbury and Brighton, city of Boston. Richards, L. J, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Atlas of Dorchester, West Roxbury and Brighton, city of Boston index map, Boston Public Library - undated
Atlas of Dorchester, West Roxbury and Brighton, city of Boston index map. Richards, L. J, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Atlas of the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : vol. 2nd late city of Roxbury, now wards 13-14 and 15, city of Boston, Boston Public Library - undated
Atlas of the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : vol. 2nd late city of Roxbury, now wards 13-14 and 15, city of Boston. Hopkins, Griffith Morgan, Jr, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Atlas of the city of Boston : West Roxbury : volume five from actual surveys and official records, Boston Public Library - undated
Atlas of the city of Boston : West Roxbury : volume five from actual surveys and official records. G.W. Bromley & Co, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Atlas of the city of Boston : West Roxbury : volume five : from actual surveys and official records index map, Boston Public Library - undated
Atlas of the city of Boston : West Roxbury : volume five : from actual surveys and official records index map. G.W. Bromley & Co, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Atlas of the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : vol. 4th including East Boston, city of Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop from actual survey official records & private plans, Boston Public Library - undated
Atlas of the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : vol. 4th including East Boston, city of Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop from actual survey official records & private plans. Hopkins, Griffith Morgan, Jr, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Outline & index map of West Roxbury, wards 22 & 23, city of Boston, Boston Public Library - undated
Outline & index map of West Roxbury, wards 22 & 23, city of Boston. Bromley, George Washington, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Atlas of the city of Boston : Roxbury, Mass. : volume three : from actual surveys and official records index map, Boston Public Library - undated
Atlas of the city of Boston : Roxbury, Mass. : volume three : from actual surveys and official records index map. Bromley, George Washington, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Atlas of the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : vol. 2nd late city of Roxbury, now wards 13-14 and 15, city of Boston plate R, Boston Public Library - undated
Atlas of the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : vol. 2nd late city of Roxbury, now wards 13-14 and 15, city of Boston plate R. Hopkins, Griffith Morgan, Jr, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Atlas of the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : vol. 4th including East Boston, city of Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop : from actual survey official records & private plans index map, Boston Public Library - undated
Atlas of the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : vol. 4th including East Boston, city of Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop : from actual survey official records & private plans index map. Hopkins, Griffith Morgan, Jr, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Atlas of the city of Chelsea and the towns of Revere & Winthrop, Massachusetts from actual surveys and official plans : index map, Boston Public Library - undated
Atlas of the city of Chelsea and the towns of Revere & Winthrop, Massachusetts from actual surveys and official plans : index map. Bromley, George Washington, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
City atlas of Boston, Massachusetts : complete in one volume : from official records, private plans and actual surveys plate 23, Boston Public Library - undated
City atlas of Boston, Massachusetts : complete in one volume : from official records, private plans and actual surveys plate 23. Hopkins, Griffith Morgan, Jr, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Washington Street boulevard study proposed fabric, Boston Public Library - undated
Washington Street boulevard study proposed fabric. Boston Redevelopment Authority, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
City atlas of Boston, Massachusetts : complete in one volume : from official records, private plans and actual surveys plate 25, Boston Public Library - undated
City atlas of Boston, Massachusetts : complete in one volume : from official records, private plans and actual surveys plate 25. Hopkins, Griffith Morgan, Jr, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
City atlas of Boston, Massachusetts : complete in one volume : from official records, private plans and actual surveys plate 22, Boston Public Library - undated
City atlas of Boston, Massachusetts : complete in one volume : from official records, private plans and actual surveys plate 22. Hopkins, Griffith Morgan, Jr, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Washington Street corridor South Cove to Forest Hills, Boston Public Library - undated
Washington Street corridor South Cove to Forest Hills. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
City of Boston topographic and planimetric survey, Boston Public Library - undated
City of Boston topographic and planimetric survey. Boston Redevelopment Authority, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Ft. Independence, Castle Island, S. Boston, Boston Public Library - undated
Ft. Independence, Castle Island, S. Boston. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Ft. Independence, Castle Island, S. Boston, Boston Public Library - undated
Ft. Independence, Castle Island, S. Boston. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Ft. Independence, Castle Island, S. Boston, Boston Public Library - undated
Ft. Independence, Castle Island, S. Boston. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Mine explosion, Boston Public Library - undated
Mine explosion. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Fort Independence historical marker, Boston Public Library - undated
Fort Independence historical marker. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
City Point Branch (municipal building). Library occupies 678 sq. ft. floor space - second floor, Boston Public Library - undated
City Point Branch (municipal building). Library occupies 678 sq. ft. floor space - second floor. Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
City Point - old quarters, Boston Public Library - undated
City Point - old quarters. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Fort Independence marker, Boston Public Library - undated
Fort Independence marker. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 of 1,491 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. 1,491 frames touch this county; the selection below spreads across the decades of flights (at most four per year), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1938-11-10, scale 1:24000
1938-11-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1938-11-10, scale 1:24000
1938-11-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1938-11-10, scale 1:24000
1938-11-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1938-11-10, scale 1:24000
1938-11-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1939-04-10, scale 1:24000
1939-04-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1939-04-10, scale 1:24000
1939-04-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1939-04-10, scale 1:24000
1939-04-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1939-04-10, scale 1:24000
1939-04-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-12-01, scale 1:24000
1955-12-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-12-01, scale 1:24000
1955-12-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-12-01, scale 1:24000
1955-12-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-12-01, scale 1:24000
1955-12-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-22, scale 1:24000
1957-04-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-22, scale 1:24000
1957-04-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-22, scale 1:24000
1957-04-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-22, scale 1:24000
1957-04-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-04-04, scale 1:15050
1962-04-04, scale 1:15050. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-04-04, scale 1:15050
1962-04-04, scale 1:15050. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-04-04, scale 1:15050
1962-04-04, scale 1:15050. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-04-04, scale 1:15028
1962-04-04, scale 1:15028. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-04-29, scale 1:24000
1963-04-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-04-29, scale 1:24000
1963-04-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-04-29, scale 1:24000
1963-04-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-20, scale 1:118783
1968-04-20, scale 1:118783. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-20, scale 1:118783
1968-04-20, scale 1:118783. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-04-09, scale 1:24000
1969-04-09, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-04-09, scale 1:24000
1969-04-09, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-04-09, scale 1:24000
1969-04-09, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-04-09, scale 1:24000
1969-04-09, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-07, scale 1:101073
1970-07-07, scale 1:101073. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-07, scale 1:101073
1970-07-07, scale 1:101073. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-07, scale 1:101073
1970-07-07, scale 1:101073. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-07, scale 1:101073
1970-07-07, scale 1:101073. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-10-05, scale 1:22199
1971-10-05, scale 1:22199. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-10-05, scale 1:22199
1971-10-05, scale 1:22199. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-10-05, scale 1:22003
1971-10-05, scale 1:22003. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-10-05, scale 1:22003
1971-10-05, scale 1:22003. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-20, scale 1:130000
1972-08-20, scale 1:130000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-20, scale 1:130000
1972-08-20, scale 1:130000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-20, scale 1:130000
1972-08-20, scale 1:130000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-20, scale 1:130000
1972-08-20, scale 1:130000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-28, scale 1:24000
1973-03-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-28, scale 1:24000
1973-03-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-28, scale 1:24000
1973-03-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

City directories

9 volumes

The "who lived here, by year" answer: pre-1929 public-domain directory volumes naming the county's people, machine-read and searchable as text.

Weather records

69 stations, 18 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that watched its rivers, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

153 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 13-1Chelsea city: Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Ward line; Chelsea Creek; Boston & Albany Railroad, Eastern Ave.
  • 13-2Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-7-part) Bounded by Watts; Eastern Ave., Boston & Albany Railroad; Chelsea Creek; Highland extended, Highland, Central Ave., Lynn
  • 13-3Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-7-part) Bounded by Central Ave.; Highland; Congress Ave.; Shawmut
  • 13-4Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-7-part) Bounded by Congress Ave.; Highland; Essex; Shawmut
  • 13-5Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-7-part) Bounded by Essex; Highland; Marginal; Shawmut
  • 13-6Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-6-part) Bounded by Essex, Shurtleff, Marginal; Highland extended; Chelsea Creek; Meridian St. Bridge, Pearl
  • 13-7Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-6-part) Bounded by Congress; Shawmut; Marginal; Shurtleff
  • 13-8Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-6-part) Bounded by Central Ave.; Shawmut; Congress Ave., Shurtleff, Essex; Hawthorn
  • 13-9Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-6-part) Bounded by Park, Pearl; 4th, Hawthorn; Essex; Pearl
  • 13-10Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-6-part) Bounded by Broadway, 4th; Pearl, Meridian St. Bridge; City limits; Winnisimmet extended, Winnisimmet
  • 13-11Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-6-part) Bounded by Broadway; Winnisimmet; Beacon, Tremont, Eldridge Pl.
  • 13-12Chelsea city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-6-part) Bounded by Broadway; Eldridge Pl., Tremont, Beacon, Winnisimmet, Winnisimmet extended; City limits; City limits
  • 13-13Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Chestnut; 5th; Broadway; 4th
  • 13-14Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Walnut; 5th; Chestnut; 4th
  • 13-15Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Ash; 4th; Broadway; 3rd
  • 13-16Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Spruce; 4th; Ash; 3rd, Arlington, Everett Ave., Elm
  • 13-17Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Spruce; Elm, Everett Ave.; Arlington; 2nd
  • 13-18Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by City limits; Everett Ave.; Spruce; Property line of U.S. Naval Hospital, Island End River
  • 13-19Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Spruce; 2nd; Walnut; Williams
  • 13-20Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Arlington; 3rd; Chestnut; 2nd
  • 13-21Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Chestnut; 3rd; Broadway; Williams, Cherry, 2nd
  • 13-22Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Walnut; 2nd; Cherry; Williams
  • 13-23Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SG-4-part) Bounded by Mulberry; Williams; Broadway; Beacon
  • 13-24Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Spruce; Williams, Mulberry, Beacon; Broadway; Property line of U.S. Naval Hospital
  • 13-25Chelsea city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-5), comprising U.S. Naval Hospital
  • 13-26Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Broadway; City limits; Boston & Maine Railroad; Forbes, Crescent Ave., Hooper, Eastern Ave., Cabot
  • 13-27Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Broadway; Cabot, Eastern Ave., Hooper, Crescent Ave., Forbes; Boston & Maine Railroad; Eastern Ave., Webster Ave.
  • 13-28Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Broadway; Webster Ave., Eastern Ave.; Boston & Maine Railroad; Eleanor
  • 13-29Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Broadway; Eleanor; Crescent Ave.; Parker
  • 13-30Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Broadway; Parker, Crescent Ave., Eleanor; Boston & Maine Railroad
  • 13-31Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Boston & Maine Railroad; City limits; Ward line; Eastern Ave., Bellingham, Boston & Albany Railroad
  • 13-32Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-7-part) Bounded by Boston & Albany Railroad; Highland; Marlborough; Broadway
  • 13-33Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-7-part) Bounded by Marlborough; Highland; Grove; Shurtleff
  • 13-34Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-7-part) Bounded by Grove; Highland; Bellingham; Shurtleff
  • 13-35Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-7-part) Bounded by Boston & Albany Railroad; Bellingham; Highland
  • 13-36Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-7-part) Bounded by Bellingham; Eastern Ave.; Watts; Highland
  • 13-37Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-7-part) Bounded by Bellingham; Highland; Chester Ave.; Shawmut
  • 13-38Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-7-part) Bounded by Chester Ave.; Highland; Watts, Lynn, Central Ave.; Shawmut
  • 13-39Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-6-part) Bounded by Chester Ave.; Shawmut; Central Ave.; Hawthorn
  • 13-40Chelsea city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-6-part) Bounded by Broadway; Shurtleff, Bellingham, Shawmut; Chester Ave., Hawthorn; 4th
  • 13-41Chelsea city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by County Rd.; Carter; Orange, Revere Beach Pkwy.; City limits
  • 13-42Chelsea city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Carter; Washington Ave.; Carmel; Orange
  • 13-43Chelsea city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Carter; Orange, Carmel, Addison; Spruce; Heard
  • 13-44Chelsea city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Carmel; Washington Ave.; Spruce; Addison
  • 13-45Chelsea city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Spruce; Washington Ave.; Orange
  • 13-46Chelsea city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Spruce; Orange; Washington Ave.; Blossom
  • 13-47Chelsea city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Spruce; Blossom; Washington Ave.; Boston & Maine Railroad, Beech
  • 13-48Chelsea city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by City limits, Revere Beach Pkwy.; Orange, Carter, Heard; Spruce, Boston & Maine Railroad; Everett Ave.
  • 13-49Chelsea city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Boston & Maine Railroad, Spruce, Beech, Boston & Maine Railroad; Arlington; 4th, Everett Ave.
  • 13-50Chelsea city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-4-part) Bounded by Arlington; Boston & Maine Railroad; Broadway; 5th, Walnut, 4th
  • 13-51Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by City limits; City limits; Fenno, Washington Ave.; Garland, Prospect Ave., Springvale Ave.
  • 13-52Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by Washington Ave., Fenno; City limits; Revere Beach Pkwy., Clyde, Garfield Ave., Sagamore Ave.; Ingleside Ave.
  • 13-53Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by Sagamore Ave., Garfield Ave.; Clyde; Revere Beach Pkwy.; Murray
  • 13-54Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by Washington Ave.; Ingleside Ave., Sagamore Ave., Murray; Revere Beach Pkwy.
  • 13-55Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by Springvale Ave.; Prospect Ave., Garland; Washington Ave., Harvard; City limits
  • 13-56Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by Harvard; Washington Ave.; Webster Ave.; City limits
  • 13-57Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by Webster Ave., Revere Beach Pkwy.; Murray; Warren Ave., Franklin Ave., Winthrop, Washington Ave., County Rd.; City limits
  • 13-58Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by Franklin Ave., Warren Ave.; Lafayette Ave.; Spruce; Washington Ave., Winthrop
  • 13-59Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by Revere Beach Pkwy.; Webster Ave.; Summit Ave., Hillside Ave., Stairway to Soldiers Home, Gardner; Parker, Lafayette Ave., Warren Ave., Murray
  • 13-60Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by Revere Beach Pkwy.; Mill Creek; Clark Ave.; Crest Ave., Property line of Soldiers Home, Summit Ave., Webster Ave.
  • 13-61Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-2-part) Bounded by Hillside Ave.; Crest Ave.; Clark Ave.; John, Stairway to Soldiers Home
  • 13-62Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-3), comprising Massachusetts Soldiers Home
  • 13-63Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Spruce, Spruce Street steps; Lafayette Ave., Gardner, John; Clark Ave.; Cary Ave., Washington Ave.
  • 13-64Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-1-part), excluding Convent of Sisters of Providence (St. Rose Church) Bounded by Washington Ave.; Cary Ave., Clark Ave., Parker; Broadway; Boston & Maine Railroad
  • 13-65Convent of Sisters of Providence (St. Rose Church) (Tract SC-1-part) (In Chelsea city, Ward 5)
  • 13-66Chelsea city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-1-part) Bounded by Mill Creek; Broadway; Parker; Clark Ave.
  • 13-67Revere city: Revere city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-13-part) Bounded by Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic Ocean; Agneous extended, Agneous, Broad Sound Ave., Stocker, Roughan, Jones Rd., Atlantic Ave.; State Hwy. Revere Beach Pkwy., Eliot Circle, Winthrop Pkwy. Ocean Pier Ave.
  • 13-68Revere city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-13-part) Bounded by Roughan, Stocker; Broad Sound Ave., Leverett, Water View Ave.; Bellingham Ave.; Atlantic Ave., Jones Rd.
  • 13-69Revere city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-13-part) Bounded by Agneous, Agneous extended; Atlantic Ocean; City limits; Winthrop Ave., Endicott Ave., Bellingham Ave., Water View Ave., Leverett Ave., Broad Sound Ave.
  • 13-70Revere city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-13-part) Bounded by Bellingham Ave.; Endicott Ave., Winthrop Ave.; City limits; Riverside Ave., Summer, Bradstreet Ave., Bateman Rd.
  • 13-71Revere city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-13-part) Bounded by Winthrop Ave.; Summer, Riverside Ave.; Belle Isle Inlet; Orchard, Crescent
  • 13-72Revere city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-13-part) Bounded by Bellingham Ave.; Bateman Rd., Bradstreet Ave., Summer; Winthrop Ave., Steps to Bradstreet Ave., Bradstreet Ave.; Sales
  • 13-73Revere city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-13-part) Bounded by Bellingham Ave., Sales, Bradstreet Ave.; Steps to Winthrop Ave., Winthrop Ave., Crescent Ave., Orchard; Belle Isle Inlet; Bennington, Atlantic Ave.
  • 13-74Revere city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Revere Beach Pkwy.; State Hwy., Bennington; City limits; Ward line, Sales Creek
  • 13-75Revere city - That part of Ward 1 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Pier Ave.; Winthrop Pkwy.; Eliot Circle, Ward line
  • 13-76Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-8-part) Bounded by Ward line, Bath, Ward line; Atlantic Ocean; Shirley Ave. extended, Shirley Ave.; North Shore Rd.
  • 13-77Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Ward line; North Shore Rd.; Shirley Ave.; Walnut Ave.
  • 13-78Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Ward line; Walnut Ave.; Shirley Ave.; Veterans of Foreign Wars Pkwy.
  • 13-79Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Beach, Shirley Ave.; Highland, Franklin Ave., Francis; Hopkins, Hichborn, Winthrop Ave.; Boston & Maine Railroad
  • 13-80Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Shirley Ave.; Summer; Franklin Ave.; Highland
  • 13-81Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Shirley Ave.; Nahant Ave.; Campbell Ave., Walnut Ave., Franklin Pl., Franklin Ave.; Summer
  • 13-82Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Shirley Ave.; Centennial Ave.; Fitzhenry Sq.; Nahant Ave.
  • 13-83Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Shirley Ave., Shirley Ave. extended; Atlantic Ocean; Ward line, Revere Beach Pkwy., Sales Creek, Garfield Ave., Standish Rd., Curtis Rd., Eliot Rd.; Clark Rd., Wolcott Rd., Garfield Ave.
  • 13-84Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Blake; Garfield Ave., Wolcott Rd., Clark Rd., Eliot Rd., Curtis Rd., Standish Rd., Garfield Ave., Sales Creek; Revere Beach Pkwy.; North Shore Rd.
  • 13-85Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Centennial Ave.; Garfield Ave., Blake, North Shore Rd.; Revere Beach Pkwy.; Campbell Ave.
  • 13-86Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Campbell Ave., Fitzhenry Sq., Centennial Ave.; Campbell Ave.; James, Walnut Ave., Hillside Ave., Winthrop Ave.; Lee-Burbank Hwy., Hopkins, Francis, Franklin Ave., Franklin Pl., Walnut Ave.
  • 13-87Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Winthrop Ave., Hichborn, Lee-Burbank Hwy., Winthrop Ave., Hillside Ave., Walnut Ave., James; Campbell Ave., Revere Beach Pkwy.; Ward line; Boston & Maine Railroad
  • 13-88Revere city - That part of Ward 2 (Tract SC-8-part) Bounded by Ward line; Veterans of Foreign Wars Pkwy.; Boston & Maine Railroad
  • 13-89Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-9-part) Bounded by Diamond Creek; Boston & Maine Railroad, Hastings, Elmwood; Revere, Hutchinson; Broadway
  • 13-90Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-9-part) Bounded by Hastings; Boston & Maine Railroad; Revere; Elmwood
  • 13-91Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-9-part) Bounded by Revere; Boston & Maine Railroad; Atwood; Hawes
  • 13-92Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-9-part) Bounded by Revere, Floyd, Shurtleff, Atwood; Boston & Maine Railroad; Veterans of Foreign Wars Pkwy., Beach; American Legion Hwy.
  • 13-93Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-9-part) Bounded by Hutchinson, Revere; Hawes; Atwood, Shurtleff, Floyd, Revere; American Legion Hwy.
  • 13-94Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-9-part) Bounded by Hutchinson; American Legion Hwy.; Revere, Pomona, Ambrose; Broadway
  • 13-95Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-11-part) Bounded by Ambrose, Pomona, Revere; American Legion Hwy.; Tapley Ave., Putnam, Eastern Ave.; School, Tapley Ave.
  • 13-96Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-11-part) Bounded by Eastern Ave., Putnam, Tapley Ave.; American Legion Pkwy.; Beach, Cary Ave., Mountain Ave.; School
  • 13-97Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-11-part) Bounded by Mountain Ave., Cary Ave., Beach; Boston & Maine Railroad; Winthrop Ave., Elm, Library; Beach, School
  • 13-98Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-11-part) Bounded by Tapley Ave.; School; Central Ave.; Broadway
  • 13-99Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-11-part) Bounded by Central Ave., Beach, Library; Elm; Winthrop Ave.; Broadway
  • 13-100Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-11-part) Bounded by Winthrop Ave.; Beach, Mill; Vinal; Broadway
  • 13-101Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-11-part) Bounded by Winthrop Ave.; Boston & Maine Railroad; Mill Creek; Mill, Beach
  • 13-102Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-11-part) Bounded by Vinal; Mill; Mill Creek; Broadway
  • 13-103Revere city - That part of Ward 3 (Tract SC-12-part) Bounded by Boston & Maine Railroad; Boston & Maine Railroad; City limits
  • 13-104Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-9-part) Bounded by City limits; Broadway; Squire Rd.; City limits
  • 13-105Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-9-part) Bounded by Squire Rd.; Broadway; Rumney Rd., Malden, Washington Ave., Bruno; City limits
  • 13-106Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-9-part) Bounded by Rumney Rd.; Broadway; Malden, Ensign, Fenley; Newhall, Malden
  • 13-107Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-9-part) Bounded by Bruno, Washington Ave., Malden; Malden, Newhall; Footpath, Sargent; City limits
  • 13-108Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-10-part) Bounded by Sargent, footpath, Newhall, Fenley, Ensign, Malden; Broadway; Proctor Ave., Burbank, Lincoln; City limits
  • 13-109Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-10-part) Bounded by Proctor Ave; Broadway; Fernwood Ave., Allston, Mountain Ave.; Adams
  • 13-110Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-10-part) Bounded by Mountain Ave., Allston, Fernwood Ave.; Broadway; Yeamans, Park Ave.; Barrett
  • 13-111Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-10-part) Bounded by Park Ave.; Yeamans; Vane; S. Furness
  • 13-112Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-10-part) Bounded by Mountain Ave.; Barrett; Park Ave.; Furness
  • 13-113Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-10-part) Bounded by Proctor Ave.; Adams, Mountain Ave., Furness, S. Furness; Vane; S. Irving, Irving, Burbank
  • 13-114Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-10-part) Bounded by Lincoln; Burbank, Irving, S. Irving; Vane; Oxford, Mountain Ave., Seaview Ave., Proctor Ave., Vivien
  • 13-115Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-10-part) Bounded by Lincoln; Vivien, Proctor Ave., Seaview Ave., Mountain Ave., Oxford, Dale, Washington Ave.; City limits; City limits
  • 13-116Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-10-part) Bounded by Vane, Yeamans; Broadway; Prospect Ave., City limits; Washington Ave., Dale
  • 13-117Revere city - That part of Ward 4 (Tract SC-10-part) Bounded by Prospect Ave.; Broadway; City limits
  • 13-118Revere city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-8-part) Bounded by Saugus River; Atlantic Ocean; Oak Island extended; Revere Beach Blvd., Lynnway, Gen. Edwards Brid
  • 13-119Revere city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-8-part) Bounded by Town line; Gen. Edwards Bridge, Lynnway, Revere Beach Blvd., Oak Island, North Shore Rd.; Revere; Boston & Maine Railroad
  • 13-120Revere city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-8-part) Bounded by Oak Island, Oak Island extended; Atlantic Ocean; Revere extended, Revere; North Shore Rd.
  • 13-121Revere city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-8-part) Bounded by Revere, Revere extended; Atlantic Ocean; Ward line, Bath, Ward line; North Shore Rd.
  • 13-122Revere city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-8-part) Bounded by Revere; North Shore Rd.; Butler Circle, Veterans of Foreign Wars Pkwy. Ward line; Boston & Maine Railroad
  • 13-123Revere city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-12-part) No pop. Bounded by Butler Circle; North Shore Rd.; Ward line; Veterans of Foreign Wars Pkwy.
  • 13-124Revere city - That part of Ward 5 (Tract SC-9-part) Bounded by Pines River; Boston & Maine Railroad; Diamond Creek; Broadway
  • 13-125Winthrop town: Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-14-part) Bounded by Broad Sound; Broad Sound; Temple Ave. extended, Temple Ave.; Grovers Ave., Nahant Ave., Sewall Ave., Winthrop Pkwy., Town line
  • 13-126Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-14-part) Bounded by Sewall Ave., Nahant Ave.; Grovers Ave.; Temple Ave., Highland Ave., Revere
  • 13-127Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-14-part), excluding Fort Banks Bounded by Town line, Winthrop Pkwy., Revere, Highland Ave., Temple Ave.; Grovers Ave.; Sagamore Ave., Revere, Winthrop, Winthrop extended; Belle Isle Inlet, Short Beach Creek
  • 13-128Fort Banks (Tract SC-14-part) (In Winthrop town)
  • 13-129Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-14-part) Bounded by Sagamore Ave., Grovers Ave., Temple Ave., Temple Ave. extended; Broad Sound; Locust extended, Locust; Revere
  • 13-130Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-14-part) Bounded by Locust, Locust extended; Broad Sound; Hawthorn Ave. extended, Hawthorn Ave., Shirley; Cross
  • 13-131Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-14-part) Bounded by Locust; Cross, Shirley, Crescent, Tappan, Cross; Main; Revere
  • 13-132Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-15-part) Bounded by Belle Isle Inlet; Winthrop extended, Winthrop; Atlantic, Hermon, Main
  • 13-133Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-15-part) Bounded by Main; Beal, Brookfield Rd. Brookfield Rd., Brookfield Rd. extended; Boston Harbor
  • 13-134Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-15-part) Bounded by Main; Hermon; Pauline; Waldemar Ave., Wheelock, Brookfield Rd., Beal
  • 13-135Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-15-part) Bounded by Atlantic; Winthrop; Winthrop, Hermon
  • 13-136Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-15-part) Bounded by Main; Cross; Buchanan; Winthrop
  • 13-137Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-15-part) Bounded by Pauline; Hermon, Winthrop; Buchanan, Pleasant; Woodside Ave.
  • 13-138Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-16-part) Bounded by Pauline; Woodside Ave.; Pleasant; Pleasant
  • 13-139Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-16-part) Bounded by Brookfield Rd. extended, Brookfield Rd.; Wheelock, Waldemer Ave.; Pauline, Pleasant, Waldemar Ave., Circuit Rd., Court Rd., Loring Rd.; Boston Harbor
  • 13-140Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-16-part), excluding Logan International Airport Bounded by Loring Rd., Court Rd., Circuit Rd., Waldemar Ave., Pleasant; Sargent; Boston Harbor; Boston Harbor
  • 13-141Logan International Airport (Tract SC-16-part) (In Winthrop town)
  • 13-142Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-16-part) Bounded by Pleasant; Cottage Park Rd.; Boston Harbor; Sargent
  • 13-143Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-16-part) Bounded by Pleasant; Bartlett Rd., Seymour, Woodside Ave.; Boston Harbor; Cottage Park Rd.
  • 13-144Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-16-part) Bounded by Pleasant; Seaview Ave., Winthrop, Winthrop extended; Boston Harbor; Woodside Ave., Seymour, Bartlett Rd.
  • 13-145Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-17-part) Bounded by Buchanan; River Rd., Thornton, Bowdoin, Willow Ave.; Washington Ave., Winthrop, Seaview Ave., Pleasant; Buchanan
  • 13-146Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-17-part) Bounded by Tappan, Crescent; Shirley; Washington Ave., Crystal Cove, Boston Harbor; Winthrop extended, Winthrop, Washington Ave., Willow Ave., Bowdoin, Thornton, River Rd., Buchanan, Cross
  • 13-147Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-18-part) Bounded by Hawthorn Ave., Hawthorn Ave. extended; Broad Sound; Trident Ave. extended, Trident Ave.; Shirley
  • 13-148Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-18-part) Bounded by Trident Ave., Trident Ave. extended; Broad Sound; Dolphin Ave. extended, Dolphin Ave.; Shirley
  • 13-149Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-18-part), excluding New Winthrop Hotel Bounded by Dolphin Ave., Dolphin Ave. extended; Broad Sound; Sturgis; extended, Sturgis Shirley
  • 13-150New Winthrop Hotel (Tract SC-18-part) (In Winthrop town)
  • 13-151Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-18-part) Bounded by Washington Ave., Sturgis, Sturgis extended; Broad Sound; Beacon extended, Beacon, Faun Bar Ave., Crystal Cove Ave., Crystal Cove Ave. extended, Crystal Cove; Boston Harbor
  • 13-152Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-18-part), including all islands in this enumeration district Bounded by Crystal Cove, Crystal Cove Ave. extended, Crystal Cove Ave., Faun Bar Ave., Beacon, Beacon extended; Broad Sound; Nerious extended, Nerious, Nerious extended, Boston Harbor; Boston Harbor
  • 13-153Winthrop town - That part (Tract SC-18-part) Bounded by Boston Harbor, Nerious extended, Nerious, Nerious extended; Broad Sound; Old Shirley Gut; Boston Harbor

Businesses named in the atlases

17 businesses

Every Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. 0 of these 17 were named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.

Wildfire, 2003 to 2020

342 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 342 of them, burning about 554 acres. 0 started naturally and 29 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Recreation and ceremony112
Debris and open burning74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined68
Smoking44
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Three of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 November 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control128 FIRE
17 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
28 April 2015Arson/incendiarism25 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMEDFORD
28 April 2016Arson/incendiarism25 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMEDFORD
10 May 2015Recreation and ceremony16 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlQUINCY
22 May 2015Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlQUINCY
5 August 2015Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMEDFORD
27 May 2015Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlQUINCY

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2025

60 of 255 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 255 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 23 injuries and about $34,152,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind130
Flood40
Flash Flood31
Hail24
Lightning19
Heavy Rain9
Storm Surge/Tide1
Tornado1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010LightningSouth Boston1 killedA 50 year old man was struck by lightning while walking in an area known as the Sugar Bowl in South Boston. Lightning struck him in the head, passing through his back and exiting his feet. He collapsed in cardiac arrest and was revived and hospitalized for several days before dying from his injuries.
July 2001LightningRevere1 killedno account filed
July 2008LightningGrove Hall10 hurtLightning struck a tree at Franklin Field on Talbot Avenue in Dorchester. Between seven and ten people, including one boy had taken shelter under the tree while watching a soccer game. They were all injured when the lightning struck and subsequently hospitalized. Reports as to the number of people injured vary. Two days later seven of them were still hospitalized, with four in intensive care. Injuries ranged from heart attacks, numbness in the legs, and burn wounds. All were expected to live.
July 2014Tornado (EF2)Chelsea2 hurt, $4,000,000The tornado touched down in Chelsea, where a window was blown out on Dudley Street. However, the overwhelming majority of damage occurred in Revere. Most of the damage was rated EF-1, but EF-2 rated damage did occur near Revere Beach Parkway. ||From Chelsea, the tornado moved across the Chelsea River, directly across the Paul Cronin Memorial Skating Rink. Portions of the rink's roof were blown northeastward across Route 16. Numerous houses on Revere Beach Parkway were damaged, with one roof blown completely off. In that same area, large oak trees were snapped in half. Numerous trees were downed, some of which were lifted up and then deposited on top of houses immediately behind Revere Beach Parkway.||The damage was widespread throughout much of the center of Revere. The tornado traveled northward, following Route 107 or Broadway for the most part. Windows were blown out of town hall and the roof was damaged. A large birch tree was uprooted near town hall. Sixty-four structures sustained damage that ranged from siding torn off to roofs lifted or blown off. Thirteen of these structures (6 - 1 & 2 family homes, 3 - multifamily homes, and 4 commercial buildings) were deemed uninhabitable by building inspectors. Several store signs were destroyed. Debris from homes collected on fences. Trees fell on cars, a few of these crushed.||Revere High School also sustained damage, mainly to the exterior. Side panels, fencing, sidewalks, and air handlers on the roof were damaged.||Police reported a car that had been overturned at the intersection of Revere Street and Carleton Avenue. Finally, near the rotary at Route 60 and Broadway, a billboard was blown onto several cars.||City officials estimated that city owned buildings alone sustained at least 1.5 to 2 million dollars of damage. ||While no major injuries were reported, several minor injuries occurred. An 86 year old woman suffered from a head laceration which she sustained from flying debris while standing outside a Dunkin Donuts. A two week old baby girl strapped in the back seat of a truck was injured when a board flew through the rear windshield of the vehicle. The board missed the infant but covered her in broken glass.
July 2012LightningBoston2 hurtA 29 year old male and a 29 year old female were knocked unconscious when lightning struck them at Thomas Park, where the pair were watching the July 4th fireworks. They regained consciousness prior to the arrival of EMTs, but unable to feel their legs and were transported to Brigham and Women's Hospital.
August 2008LightningBoston2 hurtTwo people were hospitalized after lightning struck their boat. One of them, a woman, was believed to be directly struck by lightning.
June 1997LightningBoston2 hurtBoston Harbor...
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBack Bay Annex1 hurt, $5,000An awning fell onto a 60 year old man at the Lenox Hotel on Exeter Street, knocking him unconscious. He was transported to the hospital and treated for a severe head injury.
September 2023LightningBoston1 hurtIn Boston, a woman was struck by lightning at Malibu Beach in the Dorchester section of Boston and was listed in critical condition.
August 2011LightningWinthrop1 hurtA man was struck by lightning on a pathway on Deer Island. He was found unconscious and taken to the hospital.
July 2004LightningSouth Boston1 hurtno account filed
September 1995Thunderstorm WindBoston1 hurtno account filed
March 2010FloodCharlestown$10,700,000Heavy rains resulted in flooding across much of Boston. This flooding resulted in damage to the collections at both the Bostonian Society and the Massachusetts Historical Society. In addition, several roads in Dorchester and Revere were closed. A portion of the MBTA Green line was closed between Fenway Park and Kenmore for several hours on Monday due to a flooded tunnel. A portion of the MBTA Red line was closed between Ashmont and Fields Corner because of flooded tracks. Passengers were transported by bus.
October 1996Flash FloodBoston Metro Area$10,000,000no account filed
June 2008LightningBack Bay Annex$5,000,000Lightning struck the penthouse of a seven story building on Beacon Street in the Back Bay section of Boston, setting it on fire. Four firefighters were sent to the hospital with minor burns and heat exhaustion.
August 2001LightningBoston$1,500,000no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodBoston$570,000Muddy River
July 2010Flash FloodBoston$500,000In Boston, two cars were stuck in flood waters on Corey Road. Storrow Drive was closed due to flooding at the Mass Avenue and Longmeadow Bridges. Several other roadways in the city experienced significant flooding.
May 2011LightningDorchester Center$250,000Lightning struck the third floor porch of a three story home in Dorchester, igniting it. The fire quickly spread, displacing 10 residents.
June 2013LightningHyde Park$150,000A house on Hyde Park Avenue was struck by lightning, starting a fire. The second and third floors were engulfed in flames before the fire department was able to put it out.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBoston$100,000Numerous trees and wires and several utility poles were downed throughout Boston, including in Boston Common. Several trees were downed onto cars throughout town, though no injuries resulted. One tree was downed onto a building on Corey Road. The Automated Surface Observing System at Logan International Airport in Boston, MA (KBOS) recorded sustained wind speeds of 47 mph and wind gusts up to 68 mph.
December 2005LightningBoston Logan Intl Ar$100,000no account filed
June 2002LightningWinthrop$100,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindForest Hills$80,000Widespread damage occurred in much of Boston. Hardest hit were the Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, and Dorchester areas. A tree was down on Circuit Drive. Power lines were down on Neposet Valley Parkway. Two trees were down on the 400 block of Marlboro Street. A large branch was down on a car on the 1300 block of Commonwealth Avenue. A large tree was down on cars on Jamaica Street. A large branch was down on wires on Corman Road at Hallowell Street. A large tree was down onto two cars on Hallowell Street. A tree was down on North Crescent Circuit at Breck Avenue. A tree was down onto four cars on Lindsey Street and also a tree was down on a house on Lindsey Street. A tree and cable wires were down on Alleghany Street. In Roslindale, a large branch was down on Lower South Street next to Arnold Street.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBoston$50,000Multiple trees and wires were downed throughout Boston, including on Barstow Street, Forrester Street, Washington Street, Houston Road, and Keith Street. Trees were downed onto cars on Forrester and Washington Streets. A portion of a chimney was blown over onto Keith Street.
July 2012LightningDorchester$50,000Lightning struck a three story house on Milton Avenue, setting fire to the attic. There were no injuries, but several people were displaced.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindBoston$50,000The National Weather Service at Logan International Airport recorded a wind gust to 60 mph as a severe thunderstorm moved across the city of Boston. Scaffolding was blown down at government center and some large trees were blown down in Revere and Winthrop. One damaged a house in Winthrop and a tree limb and electrical wires fell onto an auto. The occupants of the auto were not injured.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRevere$45,000A roof was blown off a house on Winthrop Parkway in Revere. In addition, a tree, large limbs, and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds in Winthrop. The tree and branches were downed onto cars.
September 2017FloodChelsea$40,000At 749 AM EST in the Orient Heights section of Boston, multiple basements on Ashley and Bennington Streets were flooded and the backyards had 3 to 4 feet of water.
October 2014FloodChelsea$30,000In Chelsea, cars were stuck in flood waters near Third Street. Several streets were closed due to flooding including: Second Street, Willow Street, Vale Street, and Third Street.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindBoston$30,000Trees and wires on Call Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2005Flash FloodBoston$30,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWinthrop$25,000Multiple sail boats capsized at Cottage Park Yacht Club from a microburst with winds of 70 to 80 MPH.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindBoston$25,000At 546 PM EST, an amateur radio operator reported two trees down on Belden Street in the Upham's Corner section of Boston. Also, two trees were down on Hamlet Street including one down on three cars. A tree was down on Willis Street. A tree was down on wires on Taft Street.
September 2017FloodBoston$25,000At 607 PM EST Columbia Road near Ceylon Street and Hamilton Street In Boston was flooded and impassable. Four cars were trapped in flood waters.
September 2017FloodRevere$25,000At 720 AM EST in Revere, a car was trapped in one foot of flooding on State Route 1A near the East Boston line. At 742 AM EST, amateur radio reported a flooded basement on Curtis Road. At 747 AM EST, three cars were reported trapped in flood waters on the Revere Beach Parkway.
September 2017FloodWinthrop$25,000At 701 AM EST in Winthrop, an apartment basement was flooding on Putnam Street. At 712 AM EST, a car was trapped in flood waters on Crest Avenue. At 720 AM EST a portion of Walden Street and adjacent parking lot were flooded and impassable. At 735 AM EST, Governors Drive was flooded. At 750 AM EST, a basement was flooded on Bank Street. At 820 AM EST, basement flooding was also reported on Veterans Road. An amateur radio operator reported a storm total rainfall of 2.58 inches in Winthrop.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Roxbury$25,000no account filed
June 2019FloodEast Boston$20,000At 3:26 PM EST, heavy rain caused the intersection of Lewis and Marginal Streets in East Boston to be flooded and impassable. At 3:36 PM EST a car was trapped in floodwaters at Clark and Stockton Streets in Chelsea. At 3:38 PM EST several cars were trapped in floodwaters on the McClellan Highway, Condor Street and Putnam Street in East Boston.
July 2018Flash FloodEast Boston$20,000At 5:09 PM EST, the access road for Logan Airport at Terminal B Lower Level was flooded. Several cars were stalled in the flood waters.
August 2017Flash FloodDorchester Center$20,000At 450 PM EST, Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester was flooded and impassable near the Boston Globe Building. Four cars were trapped in the flood waters.At 454 PM EST, Fields Corner mass transit station was flooded and impassable with buses trapped in flood waters. At 455 PM EST Morrissey Boulevard was shut down due to flooding at Neponset Circle. At 455 PM EST, a car was trapped in three feet of water on Columbia Road at Hamilton Street. At 532 PM EST Talbot Street and Park Street and Clayton Street were flooded and impassable.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBoston$20,000A utility pole at the intersection of Washington and New Washington Streets in Boston was downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCharlestown$20,000Multiple trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBoston$20,000Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 1998LightningRevere$20,000A lightning strike resulted in a hotel fire in Revere. Damage estimated.
July 2005Flash FloodBoston$20,000no account filed
May 2018FloodBoston$15,000At 5:05 PM EST several cars on Child Street and Boynton Street were trapped in flood waters as high as the car doors. At 5:10 PM EST a car was trapped in flooding on Columbia Road at Bodwell Street, and Ceylon Street was impassable at Quincy Street due to flooding.
October 2017FloodDorchester$15,000At 340 AM EST, a section of Boylston Street in Brookline was flooded. At 353 AM EST, Morton Street in Boston was closed due to flooding, with three cars trapped.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBoston$15,000Several trees were downed throughout Boston, including one on Parkdale Avenue in Brighton.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRevere$15,000Trees and wires on Endicott Avenue, Caruso Street, and Vinyl Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. A tent was blown over on Revere Beach.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindHighland$15,000Several trees and wires on Redlands Road, Bellevue Street, and VFW Parkway were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBrighton$15,000Trees and wires were downed in Brighton and Chelsea.
October 2012FloodRevere$15,000In Revere, eighteen inches of water flooded Bell Circle. In Boston, the intersection of Columbia Road and Quincy Street flooded with one car stuck in the flood waters. Brookline Avenue was flooding near the Riverway. In West Roxbury, the VFW Parkway flooded near the high school.
August 2011Lightning(Bos)Logan Intl Arpt$15,000Lightning struck a K-9 police truck traveling along Perimeter Road at Logan International Airport. The trooper was conscious and able to report the stricke but was taken to a local hospital to be evaluated. The last report available indicated the trooper was not injured. The trucks electrical systems were severely damaged.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBoston$15,000A tree and a utility pole on North Harvard Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWinthrop$12,000Multiple trees were downed across town.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Boston$10,000In South Boston, a large tree was down on top of 3 parked cars on Columbia Road. No injuries were reported. Report relayed by amateur radio.
August 2018FloodCharlestown$10,000At 6:30 AM EST, Storrow Drive near U.S. Route 1 was flooded and impassable, with a car trapped in the floodwaters. At 6:33 AM EST, Storrow Drive was also flooded and impassable in the Lagoon area along the Back Bay; cars were driving across the median to avoid the flooding. At 6:40 AM a car was trapped in floodwaters under the Massachusetts Avenue bridge. At 6:49 AM Heath Street was flooded and impassable.
August 2017Flash FloodDorchester$10,000At 520 PM EST the Woodrow Avenue Railroad Bridge underpass in Mattapan was flooded with cars trapped in the waters.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindDorchester$10,000A tree was downed onto a house in Dorchester by thunderstorm winds.

Mines and quarries

6 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 6 workings inside this county. 4 still produce and 2 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken1
Gypsum-Anhydrite1
Iron1
Lead1
Copper, Lead1
Perlite1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Vulcan Smelter--Chelsea, Ma.Copper, LeadPlant
General Metals & Smelting--BostonLeadPlant
Us Gypsum Co--BostonGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Us Steel Supply Div--BostonIronPlant
West Roxbury Crushed Stone OperatioStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Whittemore Prdts Inc--BostonPerlitePlant

Collected here, 1810 to 1975

8 of 19,633 shown

Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 19,633 of them, by kingdom 9,154 plantae, 4,503 fungi, 3,978 animalia, 1,372 chromista, 235 bacteria. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by NY, NHA, BPI, USNM, YPM, KU among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.

The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.

Photograph YearSpecies KingdomWhere CollectorCatalogue
A photograph of the species Thalictrum L., not of this specimen1810Thalictrum L.PlantaeNear Boston.Boott, J.W.MEL MEL 2434662A
A photograph of the species Anemone L., not of this specimen1815Anemone L.PlantaeAndover Turnpike, 7 miles from Boston.Boott, J.MEL MEL 2402729A
A photograph of the species Betula L., not of this specimen1815Betula L.PlantaeNear Fresh Pond, Cambridge, 4 miles from Boston.Boott, J.W.MEL MEL 2435870A
A photograph of the species Chenopodium album, not of this specimen1815Chenopodium album L.PlantaeGathered at Bunker (properly Breed's) Hill.not recordedMEL MEL 2450673A
A photograph of the species Hepatica Mill., not of this specimen1815Hepatica Mill.PlantaeSweet Auburn.Boott, F.M.B.MEL MEL 2400859A
A photograph of the species Menyanthes trifoliata, not of this specimen1815Menyanthes trifoliata L.PlantaeWest Cambridge, 5½ miles from Boston. [On reverse of sheet:] At West Cambridge, 5½ m [illegible] Boston W.S.W.Boott, J.MEL MEL 2487088A
A photograph of the species Myrica L., not of this specimen1815Myrica L.PlantaeWest Cambridge [=Town of Arlington], five miles from Boston.Boott, J.W.MEL MEL 2423651A
1900Acanthis flammea flammea (Linnaeus, 1758)AnimaliaRoslindaleZAPPEY, W RLACM 23362

The townships, in 1894

1,144,386 words

Professional and Industrial History of Suffolk County, Massachusetts devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 3 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.

The people it describes

87 named

Everyone Professional and Industrial History of Suffolk County, Massachusetts stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1894.

Every populated place in the county

69

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the watercourse or landform it stands on and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 5 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Revere, Massachusetts

46 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1891 to 1969

Chelsea, Massachusetts

46 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1889 to 1968

Winthrop, Massachusetts

43 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1954 to 1971

Brighton, Massachusetts

46 topographic sheets and 1 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1884

Everything this county holds

426 records

Each is a separate federal document with its own page: a survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word. There are too many to list here without burying the rest of this page.

The complete index for Suffolk County, and the vanished settlements.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.