Category: 20th Century
By Alexandra Moleski
Despite their support of the church throughout the first half of the twentieth century, the Women’s Guild of Old North…
Walking through Boston’s North End, it’s hard to ignore the beautiful brick tenement buildings that line the crowded streets. Built during…
In the rear of the church, there is a modest plaque honoring Matilda F. Bibbey. It is the only plaque in Old North solely dedicated to…
By Amanda Tuttle
At 12:45 pm, on January 15, 1919, a tsunami-like wave swept down Commercial Street in Boston’s North End neighborhood. This…
By Jodie Smith
Have you heard someone say, “Perhaps I’ll quit my desk job, buy a small farm in the country, and spend my days tending to…
By Erin Driscoll
For thousands of years before Europeans arrived, Native Americans lived on the narrow 800-acre Shawmut Peninsula. As…
In preparation for the upcoming Washington Memorial Garden renovation project, city archaeologists are conducting a survey in areas that will be…
Have you ever had the chance to examine your familiar surroundings in a new light? Several Old North educators recently had this…
By Tom Dietzel
On December 29, 1912, the date that happened to be the 189th anniversary of its first service, a newly restored and…
On this day in 1954, the steeple of the Old North Church blew down—for the SECOND time! In 1954, the culprit was Hurricane…