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Winthrop St and O’Reilly Family

34 Winthrop Street was built in 1855, and is notable for its occupancy by one of Boston’s most famous Irish-American families composed of John Boyle O’Reilly, his wife, Mary Murphy, and their four daughters. All six led amazing lives of heroism, advocacy, leadership and literature that helped transform the city of Boston and the Nation.  […]

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Abolitionists in Charlestown

The Fowler House 112 High Street was built in 1824 by Samuel Fowler, a man who escaped slavery in New York and the patriarch of a family that worked tirelessly for the abolition of slavery and equal rights.  Samuel Fowler (1778-1863) was born in 1778 into slavery in Troy, New York. In 1799, New York […]

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Help Us Keep Commercial Space!

A developer has proposed residential projects at 194 and 198 Bunker Hill Street that will eliminate THREE commercial spaces forever—Nail Sensation Salon at corner of Green Street (occupying two spaces) and The Family Kitchen. The developer has offered to retain 2 out of the 3 commercial spaces in exchange for support for the building at 198 […]

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