Needham History: The First Big Dig
Mind the trails, and wear your boots. The Great Ditch through the Broad Meadows, 1960s. The First Big Dig My favorite gauge in the Charles...
Needham History: The Other Tower on Tower Hill
Another high point in Needham! A view of Needham Heights from the tower, late 1920s. The little street in the middle is Thorpe Road, and...
Needham History: Towering Above
On a clear day you can see Forever... Or Waltham. Paul Hadley, an engineer for Westinghouse, working on the installation of the WBZ tower in...
Needham History: The Destruction of the Tea
Nothing but ye most impolitic conduct in Britain... "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor." A print by Nathaniel Currier, 1847. One of the iconic...
Needham History: The Old Cellar Hole
A vacant, weed-clogged lot - for twenty-nine years! The corner of Great Plain Avenue and Chapel Street around 1910, with the weedy Cellar Hole in...
Needham History: Ahoy Mateys!
Exploring Needham's rich maritime history The house of Captain Gorham Burkett on Highland Avenue, now the site of Walgreen's. At the time the house was...