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Category: South End history

Check out our Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour!

May 30, 2017May 30, 2017 admin

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 …

History, South End, South End Historical Society, South End history, Uncategorized, walking tours

Fox Brothers, South End Grocers

February 4, 2013November 4, 2015 admin

About six months ago, a SEHS member donated a billhead from Fox Brothers, Grocers that dates to June 7, 1895. It indicates that Mr. L. E. Spaulding sold 294 dozen eggs to Fox Brothers between May 7th and June 4th, Read More …

Fox Brothers, grocer, South End Historical Society, South End history, Tremont Street

Spring Newsletter and Events Calendar

April 25, 2012 admin

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 …

Events, History, Newsletter, South End history, walking tours

Some South End Images

January 4, 2012 admin

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 …

Boston, History, images, South End, South End Historical Society, South End history1 Comment

Why is Castle Square called Castle Square?

December 28, 2011 admin

After reading my recent post about Christmas and the South End, a reader of my South End Patch blog asked “how did Castle Sq get its name? Was it named after something or someone?” When I read the question yesterday Read More …

Boston, Castle Square, South End, South End Historical Society, South End history

About This Blog

December 20, 2011 admin

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 …

Boston, History, South End, South End history2 Comments
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