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Dorchester

✍ Scribed by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Series
Then and Now
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Subjects

History; Nonfiction; Geography; HIS000000

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