Needham History: The Other Tower on Tower Hill
Another high point in Needham! A view of Needham Heights from the tower, late 1920s. The little street in the middle is Thorpe Road, and...
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...
Needham History: Ahoy Mateys!
Exploring Needham's rich maritime history The house of Captain Gorham Burkett on Highland Avenue, now the site of Walgreen's. At the time the house was...
Needham History: Needham vs. Wellesley – The Back Story
Back to a time when the rivalry was darker and more serious... The Barachiah Mason map of Needham, 1771. At the time, the town included...