Demolition work on the Lorusso Building at Norwood Hospital included ground floor areas today. On the ground level, the exterior of the building was partially dismantled from the Emergency Room's … Continue reading Norwood Hospital Demolition-July 11, 2022
Norwood Hospital Demolition-July 8, 2022
The demolition of the rear side of Norwood Hospital's Lorusso building continued today. https://youtu.be/9W3XICeTJj4 Norwood Hospital Demolition Do you have photos or videos of the demolition work at Norwood Hospital … Continue reading Norwood Hospital Demolition-July 8, 2022
Norwood Hospital Demolition-July 5, 2022
The demolition of Norwood Hospital continues. More walls were removed in the rear and side of the Lorusso building today, exposing many former patient rooms on the second and third … Continue reading Norwood Hospital Demolition-July 5, 2022
Wonderful Women of Norwood: Anna Smith Day
Anna Smith Day (photo taken by her son, F. Holland Day) Anna (Smith) Day was born in 1836 in South Dedham to Lyman Smith and Melinda (Guild) Smith. She was … Continue reading Wonderful Women of Norwood: Anna Smith Day
Wonderful Women of Norwood: Ann Elizabeth Tanneyhill
Ann E. Tanneyhill By Norwood Historical Society Board Members Laurie Kearney, Linda Rau and Karen DeNapoli To commemorate Black History Month and to honor the first Black woman from Norwood … Continue reading Wonderful Women of Norwood: Ann Elizabeth Tanneyhill
$12 A Week Feeds A Family Of Four-February 10, 1943
1943 Ad for A&P Supermarkets In spite of present high food prices, a family of four may obtain their nutritional needs on $12 a week. This requires, of course, careful … Continue reading $12 A Week Feeds A Family Of Four-February 10, 1943
1923 Planning Board Report-Streets Near Norwood Railroad Station
In the course of the general program of the state for the abolishment of railway grade crossings, the present dangerous crossing at Railroad Avenue will be abolished. This work should … Continue reading 1923 Planning Board Report-Streets Near Norwood Railroad Station
1923 Planning Board Report-Vicinity of High Bridge
The complicated and dangerous arrangement of roadways, railway tracks for electric and steam cars, in combination with a narrow underpass in the High Bridge district illustrates forcibly the costly results … Continue reading 1923 Planning Board Report-Vicinity of High Bridge
Market and Central Street Relocation
This September 1910 plan of John E. Smith's Estate shows a very different downtown area than we recognize today. At that time, Market street ran from Old Parish Cemetery to … Continue reading Market and Central Street Relocation
1947 – History of The Norwood Historical Society
Norwood Historical Society In 1901 the Norwood Literary Society voted “that an effort should be made to form a Norwood Historical Society, while we people among us to tell its … Continue reading 1947 – History of The Norwood Historical Society