The Massachusetts Historical Commission recently approved a handful of buildings to be nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, and Southborough’s South Union School made the list. Read the full article → from State nominates Southborough’s South Union School as historic place
The blog Historic Buildings of Massachusetts recently highlighted a few of Southborough’s most well-known historic buildings, including Pilgrim Church, the Community House, and the Joseph Burnett mansion that will be going up for auction in August. Read the full article → from Historic buildings of Southborough
Osgood T. Hadley was born in 1838 in Nashua, New Hampshire. He would eventually make his way to Southborough, but not before he became a war hero. Read the full article → from The story of a Southborough vet: Osgood T. Hadley
Talk about longevity. The building that is home to Fitzgerald’s General Store was built in the mid-1800’s as a general store for the villages of Cordaville and Southville. More than 150 years later, ownership and names have changed, but the building still serves the same basic purpose. Read the full article → from Southborough’s historic places: Fitzgerald’s General Store
The battle between the town and the MWRA over the historic Nichols House rages on. Read the full article → from MWRA not budging on Nichols House use
Picture this. The year is 1852 and the residents of Southborough are gathered at the old Town House for the annual town meeting. On the warrant is the question of whether to establish a public lending library. Read the full article → from Southborough’s historic places: The Southborough Public Library
We tend to think of the Town House now as being all business. You go there to pay your water bill, or to register to vote, or (if you’re like me) to attend any number of town committee and board meetings. But it didn’t always used to be that way. Read the full article → from Southborough’s historic places: The Town House
Did you know the Community House once boasted a bowling alley? Learn more in the first of a series of posts on Southborough’s historic places. Read the full article → from Southborough’s historic places: The Community House
I recently came across this map from the Boston Public Library’s Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, that shows what Cordaville and Southville looked like in the late 1800’s. You can see buildings that are still standing today like St. Matthew and First Community churches. Also prominent is the Cordaville Cotton and Woolen Mill at the Read the full article → from A map of Cordaville and Southville past
The future of the historic Kidder House at 66 Main Street (map) has been hanging in the balance for several years now. The estate was purchased by Fay School earlier this decade and was slated to be demolished as part of their expansion plans. But Fay recently told members of the Southborough Historical Commission that Read the full article → from Kidder House spared the wrecking ball?
One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about this blog is the occasional story about what Southborough was like years ago. One keeper of such stories is Judith Bailey Keneman who grew up in Southborough in the 1950’s and 1960’s. She now lives in New Jersey. Judith and her family lived in the Kidder Estate, Read the full article → from Growing up in Southborough: Memories and photos