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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27SQ_victorian-garden_Lowell-MA.html
Grassy park spaces have always been important in Lowell. The first mill yards were planted with grass and trees and designated "Malls."
In 1847, Lowell citizens insisted that the Northern Canal feature a tree-lined promenade; but by the 1860's ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27SP_locomotives-in-lowell_Lowell-MA.html
[The fireman] put his left foot on the lever that swings open the firebox door, to look at the searing inferno within as he...hurled shovelful after shovelful of coal...
R.M. Neal, 1950
High Green and the Bark Peelers
Lowell was a laboratory fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27SO_wentworth-building_Lowell-MA.html
Greek Revival in style with a mansard roof added after an 1865 fire, this building housed a typical main street hardware store for over 100 years and originally contained a public meeting hall upstairs. One of many locations for lectures and recit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27SN_old-city-hall_Lowell-MA.html
Lowell's Greek Revival style "Town House" originally had a large meeting hall upstairs. Town meetings ended in 1836 when Lowell became a city but the meeting hall continued in public use including a speech by Illinois Congressman Abraham Lincoln i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27SK_w-a-mack-building_Lowell-MA.html
Built in 1886 for Sewall G. Mack, foundry owner and former mayor of Lowell, this store was the headquarters for an extensive ironworks business. The Mack firm sold stoves, ranges and furnaces; and manufactured galvanized iron architectural ornamen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM224N_henderson-inches-sawmill_Boxborough-MA.html
Henderson Inches operated a sawmill on this site circa 1806-1865. The mill was used to clear his large oak woods which extended east and west of this location. The mill foundation, millrace and dam are visible before you.
Henry David Thoreau vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2236_george-dilboy-a-war-memorial_Somerville-MA.html
George Dilboy, Private First Class, United States Army, Recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor-Born 1896, of Greek Parentage, in Alatsata, Asia Minor, near the city of Smyrna. Enlisted 19 June 1916, Company H, 103rd Infantry, 26th Infantry Divi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21JJ_benjamin-franklin-butler_Lowell-MA.html
Jurist, Soldier Statesman, Patriot-His talents were devoted to the service of his country and the advancement of his fellow men.
Born November 5, 1818 Deerfield New Hampshire, married May 16, 1844 Sarah, daughter of Israel Hildreth, Lowell Mass…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21JH_adelbert-ames_Lowell-MA.html
Born October 30, 1835 Rockland Maine. Died April 13, 1935 Ormond Florida.
Major General, U.S. Senator, Governor.
Married June 20, 1870 Blanche Butler, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Butler and Sarah Hildreth. Born Lowell Mass. March 1, 1847, died…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21HQ_hollis-hall_Cambridge-MA.html
Built by the Province of The Massachusetts Bay In New England, in 1763
Named in honor of Thomas Hollis of London, Merchant, and other members of the same family, constant and generous benefactors of Harvard College from 1719 to 1804
Used as …