Needham History: Le Grand Dérangement
Even in Arcadia, there am I. (Virgil, The Eclogues V.42) "A View of the Plundering and Burning of the City of Grimross," Thomas Davies (1758)....
Needham History: Louis Holman’s House
Others would come later. First, there was Needham. The Holman house at 20 Oakland Avenue, circa 1950. Windows on the right façade differ slightly from...
Needham History: Hemlock Gorge
One of the most beautiful spots n the Needham area. The view from Cook's Bridge (Central Avenue) toward the silk mill, 1920. The large rock...
Needham History: The Porcineograph
Sometimes we just need a little weirdness. William Baker’s Porcineograph, a map of the United States in the shape of a pig. It was made...
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...