Needham History: Gravel Quarries and the Murphy Tragedy
Gravel was valuable, but digging it was dangerous. [caption id="attachment_141524" align="aligncenter" width="800"]The scene of the gravel pit accident that claimed the life of quarryman Patrick...
Needham History: The Oldest Photos of Needham
These are the ghosts of Needham's past. The Old Center, circa 1870. The image shows (right to left) the First Parish Church, Revere Hall, the...
Needham History: Smoking and Drinking in Town Meeting
Sorry TMMs - those days are gone. The First Parish Meeting House as it appeared in 1711, in a sketch by Timothy Newell Smith. The...
Needham History: Needham’s Naturalist
Still climbing trees at the age of 67 "Lapland Longspur," a detail from Timothy Otis Fuller's 1912 journal. The 1912 journal is by far the...
Needham History: Needham’s Road to Revolution
There we were - right in the thick of things. "Paul Revere" by NC Wyeth. Wyeth used his grandfather Zirngiebel's house at 178 South Street...
Needham in Bloom During Pansy Day
April 14, 2025 • A Needham spring is incomplete without pansies. April showers bring May flowers, but in Needham, the flowers came early. While slightly...
