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...
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: 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...