Needham History: So Sleep the Saints
No ghosts. No pirates. The cemetery is where people lie quiet in the loving care that put them to rest. Gravestones carved by Henry Christian...
Needham History: The Kingsbury Block Fire
One of the last surviving structures from the early development of the downtown. The four-alarm fire at the Kingsbury Building, during the night of July...
Needham History: Village Falls Park
Beneath the dark water along the riverbank, the old turbine and buckets lie quietly. [caption id="attachment_133048" align="alignnone" width="800"] The mill and falls in 1886, in...
Needham History: So Much History! (Part 2)
River! That in silence windest Through the meadows, bright and free... Students at the Harris School on Great Plain Avenue, in 1893. NC Wyeth, 10...
Needham History: A House with So Much History!
My heart skips a beat [caption id="attachment_133048" align="alignnone" width="800"] The Joshua Lewis House (built 1776) at 178 South Street. The painting is by NC Wyeth,...