The MACRIS picture of the Orrin A. Boyden house, clearly a different house as it is a mirror image of #94. (Source: MACRIS database) Orrin A Boyden bought this empty … Continue reading 94 Cottage Street – The Orrin A. Boyden House
128 Vernon Street – The Augusts P Stockbridge House
Augustus Stockbridge house circa 1990 (Source: MACRIS database) Augustus P. Stockbridge bought a quarter of an acre house lot from Joseph Day, Joel M. Baker and Lyman Smith and built … Continue reading 128 Vernon Street – The Augusts P Stockbridge House
South Dedham’s Furniture Building
The 1850 US Federal Census for South Dedham, showing the home of Curtis Lincoln, who lived on Nahatan Street, showing in his home there were three men working as cabinet … Continue reading South Dedham’s Furniture Building
Plimpton Press Provides Jobs for 900- Annual Payroll $3.5 Million-This Day in Norwood History-February 3, 1955
Plimpton Press, the famous printing house which occupies the sprawling industrial buildings between Lenox Street and the railroad, provides jobs for some 800 to 900 people in highly skilled work … Continue reading Plimpton Press Provides Jobs for 900- Annual Payroll $3.5 Million-This Day in Norwood History-February 3, 1955
Sheepskins Processed At Tannery In One Year Would Stretch 2100 Miles-This Day In Norwood History-August 4, 1949
INDUSTRIAL NORWOOD (This is the second installment of an article on Norwood Industries by Robert A Chadbourne appearing in the current issue of “Industry,'* official spokesman for the Associated. Industries … Continue reading Sheepskins Processed At Tannery In One Year Would Stretch 2100 Miles-This Day In Norwood History-August 4, 1949
Pvt. Francis Edward McAuliffe Is Teletype Operator At Tinkham Field-This Day in Norwood History-November 27, 1944
Pvt. Francis Edward McAuliffe Is Teletype Operator At Tinkham Field OKLAHOMA CITY AIR TECHNICAL SERVICE COMMAND, Tinker Field, Okla. — Now stationed at Tinker Field is Pvt. Francis Edward McAuliffe, … Continue reading Pvt. Francis Edward McAuliffe Is Teletype Operator At Tinkham Field-This Day in Norwood History-November 27, 1944
Norwood Man Near Death After Ax Attack, Friend Held-This Day in Norwood History-September 20, 1934
Norwood Man Near Death After Ax Attack, Friend Held-This Day in Norwood History- September 20, 1934
Patrick J. Pendergast of Norwood Combines Poetry and Plumbing-This Day In Norwood History-February 9, 1918
Proves That They Can Exist Together— Worked 40 Years in a Foundry, Now a Gardener— His Book Reaches Seventh Edition A life spent working in an iron foundry, spraying trees, … Continue reading Patrick J. Pendergast of Norwood Combines Poetry and Plumbing-This Day In Norwood History-February 9, 1918
Murphys of Norwood Have Done Their Share In the Interest of Law and Order-October 5, 1912
Murphys of Norwood Have Done Their Share In the Interest of Law and Order-This Day in Norwood History-October 5, 1912
This Day In Norwood History-May 4, 1909-Norwood Growth Making Records
May 3, 1909—This town had been in a trance for about 235 years before it woke up to the fact that it was of age and had a right to its independence. That was in 1871 and the following year the inhabitants of that portion of South Dedham known as Norwood were given permission by the legislature to set up housekeeping for themselves as the town of Norwood.