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Meeting House Hill is one of the oldest sections of Boston's historic Dorchester neighborhood. It is the site of the First Parish Church (est. 1631) and the Mather School (est. 1639), the oldest public elementary school in North America.
The Dorchester Historical Society was "founded in 1843 and incorporated in 1891." [ 2 ] The Historical Society is headquartered in the William Clapp House and also operates several other historic house museums in Dorchester, including the James Blake House (c.1661), and Captain Lemuel Clap House ( Clapp Houses ) which are open for tours on ...
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The Clapp Houses are historic houses in Boston, Massachusetts. They currently house the Dorchester Historic Society, and are open to the public as house museums. Portions of the Captain Lemuel Clap House may have been built as early as 1633 by Roger Clapp; it is known to that a house was on the site in that year. The house went through ...
The properties in the district include the 1806 Congregational Church (now known as Second Church of Dorchester), the 1904 Codman Square branch of the Boston Public Library, the former Girls Latin Academy building (built in 1900 as Dorchester High School), and the Lithgow Building, a commercial brick structure at the southeast corner of the ...
Bummer, George. Our nation's very first president, George Washington, picked the site for the White House and gave its design a thumbs-up. But he left office in 1797 and died in 1799, three years ...
Throughout history, the White House has been referred to as the “President's Palace,” the “Executive Mansion,” and the “President's House,” among other terms. Since its construction ...
This house was home of the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) for most of her life. The house is now owned by Amherst College and is operated as a house museum. [43] [44] 36: W.E.B. Dubois Boyhood Homesite: W.E.B. Dubois Boyhood Homesite: May 11, 1976 : Great Barrington