| Dorchester Contributor(s): Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738536962 ISBN-13: 9780738536965 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: The ease of transportation via the Old Colony Railroad revolutionized Dorchester in the period between 1850 and the Civil War and brought a residential building boom that lasted the next seven decades. The town was annexed to the city of Boston in 1870, and by the turn of the century, Dorchester was one-fifth of the entire city. By the time of the Great Depression, the three-decker, Dorchester's unique contribution to American architecture, was a trademark of the community. Dorchester, part of the Then & Now series, places vintage images alongside contemporary photographs to explore the history of this community's public schools, places of worship, transportation, streetscapes, and historic houses. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical |
| Dewey: 974.461 |
| LCCN: 2004110651 |
| Series: Then and Now |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.86" W x 9.3" (0.62 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Cultural Region - New England - Locality - Boston-Worcester, Mass. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In an alternate universe, Boston's Dorchester neighborhood would be the Big City, as it was founded several months before the more famous Beantown. Established in 1630, the population grew exponentially with the ease of transportation via the Old Colony Railroad revolutionized Dorchester in the period between 1850 and the Civil War. Primarily still a rural town with a population of about 12,000 by 1870, the town was annexed to the city of Boston, and by the turn of the century, Dorchester was one-fifth of the entire city. This fantastic collection places vintage images alongside contemporary photographs to explore the history of this community's public schools, places of worship, transportation, streetscapes, and historic houses, such as the "three-decker" apartment building, a trademark of the Dorchester community. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell: - Anthony Mitchell Sammarco is a noted historian and author of more than forty books on the history of Boston and surrounding cities and towns, including three other titles on the history of Dorchester. Sammarco teaches history at the Urban College of Boston. Charlie Rosenberg, who collaborated with Sammarco on four other titles in the Then & Now series, took the modern photographs. |