Needham History: How Did Needham Get Its Name?
No one was named 'Needham' A detail from the Dedham Farmers’ Petition, showing the very first written use of our new town name. Note the...
Needham History: “To Rule with Gentle Hand”
"Just so let women have the right, to rule with gentle hand..." Twin Oaks, the home of Eliza LaCroix, overlooking Rosemary Lake. The Needham Women...
Needham History: Fireworks! Illuminations! Cheers!
Progress comes to the somewhat sleepy burgh of Needham. “Keep Your EYE on Needham.” A billboard posted by the Needham Board of Trade around 1920...
Needham History: What Will History Say About Us?
And the present? That’s up to us now. Free Soil and Free Men! A broadside announcing a meeting in Needham’s Town Hall to elect Free...
Needham History: The Mother’s Rest Association
Respite and recovery in the pure air and blessed sunshine of Needham. The Mother's Rest Association at the intersection of Greendale Avenue and High Street....
Needham History: The Oldest House in Needham
318 years, and still standing! The Robert Fuller House (3 Burrill Lane, built 1707), painted by Timothy Newell Smith in 1861. The painting shows the...