Henry B. Mylod house, circa 1990 (Source: MACRIS database) Henry B. Mylod bought his ¼ of an acre house lot on the corner of Vernon and Nichols Streets in June of 1884 from George L. Rhodes. (Rhodes purchased the property three months earlier from Priscilla C. Fairbanks). The description indicates there were no buildings on … Continue reading 100 Cottage Street – The Henry B Mylod House
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 history, and give us relics of the past." An attempt was made that year, but failed and it was not until February, 1907, that such … Continue reading 1947 – History of The Norwood Historical Society
Norwood Bank Reaches $15 Million Mark-This Day in Norwood History-April 21, 1955
Norwood’s First Bank Is Largest Massachusetts Co-operative Bank Located Outside A Metropolitan Trading Area The Norwood Co-Operative Bank, Norwood’s first bank, established in 1889, has set another milestone with the issuance of the latest Quarterly Report to its shareholders. For the first time in the history of Co-Operative Banks in Massachusetts, a bank outside a … Continue reading Norwood Bank Reaches $15 Million Mark-This Day in Norwood History-April 21, 1955
First Election Under New Town Manager Government-This Day In Norwood History-January 18, 1915
NORWOOD CASTS ITS BIGGEST VOTE All ‘'Charter Committee” Candidates Elected. Appropriations Put Over to Adjourned Town Meeting Feb 25. NORWOOD, Jan 18 — The first town election under the new Town Government act took place today. There was a contest for the Board of Selectmen, and the largest vote of any annual town meeting was … Continue reading First Election Under New Town Manager Government-This Day In Norwood History-January 18, 1915
Reception To Rev. E. B. Barber-This Day in Norwood History-June 10, 1904
June 10, 1904-The people of the Universalist church gave a well attended reception to their pastor, Rev. E. B. Barber, and his wife at the church parlors...