Needham’s ‘Pansy King’ Honored with Mural
March 15, 2024 • Denys Zirngiebel lived an accomplished life in Needham, but many better know his famous family: painters N. C. Wyeth and Andrew...
Needham History: Herbert Hudson’s Bathhouse
Needham had a public bathhouse - who knew? Hunnewell Street between Hillside Avenue and Bobsled Drive (a detail from the 1887 birds-eye map). Lyne's knitting...
Needham History: True Bootlegger Tales!
Where there is a Will, there is always a Way. Cast of Characters: Norman MacKenzie (right) was Needham’s first chief of Police, serving from 1912...
Needham History: The Boston Post Cane
Thanks - but no thanks! West Bridgewater's Boston Post Cane, which is identical to Needham's except for the town name in the inscription. I was...
Needham History: Helen M. Knowlton
Three mysterious unknown women Title unknown ("Woman with White Kerchief"), by Helen M. Knowlton, circa 1900. Painting in the collections of the Needham History Center....
Needham History: Moving the Baptist Church
"it will be one of the finest..." The first Baptist Church in its original location at the corner of Great Plain and Highland Avenues. The...