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…it was near the sidewalk in an indented parapet. In addition, it was tarnished, was almost the size of a brick, and had a few strands of ivy hanging over…
Read More…at Pairpont. The glass furnaces are built of brick and cement, and are cylindrical in shape, the proportions being not unlike those of a modern gas house, though necessarily much…
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…Avenue 1897 house. Additions plus “sleeping porch.” 1922* Frothingham 4 Gray Gardens West House for the independent woman. Georgian Revival, sited on triangular lot. Brick, hipped roof, pedimented porch. 8/12 window…
Read More…Said Parish as also Large Quantities of Clay for making Brick &c. And it is thought by good Judges that If the Able and forehanded Gentlemen (wch sd Parish abounds…
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…gas holder – an imposing circular brick structure. On the west, a commercial wharf spanned the mudflat. However, this small riverbend parcel remained open, thanks to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882),…
Read More…Fall 2017 Symposia: “Made in Cambridge: What’s Happening in Kendall Square?” Symposia 2017 2017 What does Cambridge Make? History Cafés and Walking Tours: July 2017: “Clay, Bricks, Dump, Park” History Café…
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…Then, as Cambridge Street moves down the old drumlin toward the river, the dark red brick buildings of Bulfinch’s courthouses appear – a reminder that the visitor has not quite…
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…her mother, a housewife; the family lived in a modest rented brick rowhouse. According to Phyllis, the Wallaces were descended from free Blacks.3 Growing up in racially segregated Baltimore, Phyllis…
Read More…high above the street as it is in Elmwood Avenue. This was cut down when the brick sidewalk was laid — about 1890. James Russell Lowell says in “Sunthin’ in…
Read More…not only amazingly successful financially, but were equally successful social events. By 1886 sufficient funds had been gathered so that it was possible to build a well-planned substantial brick building…
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