West Roxbury - Couverture souple

Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell

 
9780738512471: West Roxbury
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0738512478 ISBN 13 : 9780738512471
Editeur : Arcadia Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

Once a part of Roxbury, West Roxbury was originally known as Westerly. Located six miles from Roxbury's town center at Meeting House Hill, which was settled by Puritans in 1630, Westerly was composed of farms and large estates. In 1840, Brook Farm, a transcendental community striving to live and commune with nature, brought fame to the hamlet. In 1851, after years of agitation headed by the Honorable Arthur Austin, West Roxbury officially separated from Roxbury and became an independent town. Meanwhile, the Boston and Providence Railroad, with various depots, such as Bellevue, Highland, West Roxbury, and Spring Street, launched a building boom that continued unabated well into the twentieth century. New streets and houses soon fragmented the farms and large estates. West Roxbury chronicles the development of this desirable and well-regarded Boston neighborhood through vintage images from the collection of the West Roxbury Historical Society and modern photographs taken by Charlie Rosenberg.

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À propos de l?auteur

Anthony Mitchell Sammarco is the author of over forty books on the history and development of Boston and teaches at the Urban College of Boston. Rosenberg is vice president of the Jamaica Plain Historical Society.

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Éditeur
Arcadia Publishing
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0738512478
ISBN 13 
9780738512471
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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Personne responsable
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