Needham History: The Lyceum
“Lectures and debates on all sorts of subjects which concern the well-being of the community” [caption id="attachment_133048" align="alignnone" width="800"] The old town center at Central...
Needham History: The Busy Corner Store
“A corner that has been – literally – at the center of Needham for nearly 170 years.” [caption id="attachment_133049" align="alignleft" width="800"] The 1887 birds-eye map...
Needham History: Needham Declares Independence in June. Nation Follows 11 Days Later
“If the Honorable Congress … of the United Colonies Declare them independent of the kingdom of Great Britain, they the Said Inhabitants [of Needham] will...
Needham History: To the Ends of the Earth-and Beyond!
Our explorers’ flags are more than just pieces of cloth – they represented courage and adventure, and a journey to the farthest reaches of their...
Needham History: Fly Needham!
It seemed like a good idea – but it is hard to know, nearly 80 years later, whether a Needham municipal airport would have been...
Needham History: The Saga of “The Wounded Indian”
But where was it all those years? The Wounded Indian, by Peter Stephenson (1850), on display at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, VA....