Now when you visit the South End, you can learn more about its history with an audio tour created by the South End Historical Society and UniGuide. Starting at the South End Historical Society in Chester Square, the walking tour Read More …
Category: History
South End Architecture: Flemish Revival
Walking through the South End, the neighborhood’s streetscape is lined with row houses that at first look deceptively uniform. However, there are many variations in architectural style throughout the neighborhood. Although many people think of a Victorian row house as a Read More …
May Madness
by Stacen Goldman, Executive Director This probably sounds like blasphemy to you basketball fans, but at the SEHS we don’t care much about March. This year, for us, it was all about May madness. We’ve had a busy and exciting Read More …
Great Program from the BU School of Medicine Historical Society!
We had a great time at our program last Thursday, “Building Boston Medical: The Evolving Landscape of the South End’s Medical Campus.” The SEHS would like to offer a big thank you to Peters Otlans of the BU School of Read More …
Our Fall/Winter 2012 Newsletter: New Donations, Photographs, and Our Year in Review
Our most recent newsletter is now available online. Click the link or the image below to read! A HUGE thank you to Mary Chase for her graphic design services!! Fall 2012 Newsletter SEHS
An Academic Journal from the BU School of Medicine Historical Society
The Boston University School of Medicine Historical Society (BUSMHS- the group doing the event with us on the 24th) recently released the inaugural issue of their new journal, Aceso. Follow this link to visit the BUSMHS website and this link Read More …
Spring Newsletter and Events Calendar
We released our spring newsletter today. In this issue, Vol. 40, No. 1: Local historian and author Alison Barnet’s article about South End police officer John Sacco’s beat and South End News column. See page 2. “A South End Love Read More …
Some South End Images
Sometimes I get sidetracked when I look through our collections here at the South End Historical Society (SEHS). I go searching for one thing and end up, three hours later, twenty-five topics in the opposite direction and having completely forgotten Read More …
About This Blog
I research and read about Boston’s South End almost every day. I started this blog to share information about the history of the South End neighborhood and its relationship to Boston. Bostonians’ perceptions of what constitutes the South End have Read More …