Timeline Of Lowell, Massachusetts
The following is a timeline of the history of Lowell, Massachusetts, US.
19th century
- 1822
- Merrimack Manufacturing Company incorporated.
- Hugh Cummiskley leads 30 Irishmen up the Middlesex Canal starting in Charlestown, Mass to Pawtucket falls in Chelmsford, Ma
- 1824
- St. Anne's Church organized.
- Lowell Daily Journal and Courier begins publication.
- 1825 - Middlesex Mechanic Association, Hamilton Manufacturing Company,and Mechanic Phalanx established.
- 1826
- Town of Lowell established from Chelmsford land.
- First Baptist Church and First Universalist Church organized.
- Merrimack Journal newspaper in publication.
- Central Bridge opens.
- 1827 - First Methodist Episcopal Church organized.
- 1828 - Appleton Company, Lowell Bank, and Lowell Manufacturing Company incorporated.
- 1829
- Lowell Institution for Savings incorporated.
- Lowell Fire Department established.
- 1830
- Lawrence Manufacturing Company, Middlesex Company, Suffolk Manufacturing Company, and Tremont Mills incorporated.
- Appleton Street Church, South Congregational Church, and Worthen Street Baptist Church established.
- Town Hall built.
- Population: 6,474.
- 1831
- First Roman Catholic Church organized.
- Railroad Bank incorporated.
- 1832 - Lowell Bleachery incorporated.
- 1833 - Police Court established.
- 1834
- Women's labor strike.
- First Freewill Baptist Church organized.
- Lowell Advertiser and Lowell Patriot newspapers begin publication.
- Lowell Circulating Library in business.
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler, painter born.
- 1835
- Boston and Lowell Railroad begins operating.
- Boott Cotton Mills incorporated.
- Lucy Larcom, teacher, poet and author moves to Lowell.
- 1836
- City of Lowell incorporated.
- Factory Girls' Association, Dispensary, Lowell Temperance Society, and Second Universalist Parish established.
- 1838
- Nashua and Lowell Railroad begins operating.
- County jail built.
- 1839
- Massachusetts Cotton Mills incorporated.
- Middlesex Horticultural Society and Lowell Medical Association founded.
- 1840
- Hospital Association and Lowell Museum established.
- Lowell Offering begins publication.
- By now, Lowell mills had recruited over 8,000 Lowell mill girls.
- Population: 20,796.
- 1841
- Lowell Cemetery established.
- Vox Populi newspaper begins publication.
- 1842 - Charles Dickens visits Lowell.
- 1843 - First Wesleyan Methodist Churchand Missionary Association established.
- 1844 - City Library, Lowell Female Labor Reform Association, and New Jerusalem Swedenborgian Church established.
- 1845 - Lowell Machine Shop incorporated.
- 1846
- Lowell and Lawrence Railroad incorporated.
- Jefferson Bancroft becomes mayor.
- 1847 - June: U.S. president Polk visits Lowell.
- 1848 - Francis floodgate and Colburn School built.
- 1850
- Lowell Gas Light Company in business.
- Salem and Lowell Railroad begins operating.
- Middlesex County Law Library founded.
- Court-House built.
- Population: 33,383.
- 1851 - Lowell Daily Citizen newspaper begins publication.
- 1852 - May: Lajos Kossuth visits Lowell.
- 1853
- Belvidere Woollen Manufacturing Company organized.
- St. Patrick's Church and Merrimack Street Depot built.
- 1856 - Jail built.
- 1857 - Varnum School built.
- 1863 - High School Association organized.
- 1864 - Lowell Horse Railroad begins operating.
- 1865
- United States Bunting Company in business.
- Wamesit Power Company incorporated.
- 1867 - St. John's Hospital and Young Men's Christian Association established.
- 1868 - Old Franklin Literary Association and Old Residents' Historical Association organized.
- 1870 - Coggeshall's Circulating Library in business.
- 1873 - Young Women's Home established.
- 1875 - Riding Park, and Club Dramatique established.
- 1876
- Moxie beverage invented.
- Lowell Art Association founded.
- 1882 - Butler School built.
- 1883
- Public Library opens.
- Yorick Club active.
- 1887 - Board of Trade established.
- 1889 - Opera House built.
- 1890 - Population: 77,696.
- 1891 - Lowell General Hospital founded.
- 1893 - Lowell Post Office built.
- 1894 - Normal School and Middlesex Women's Club founded.
- 1895 - Middlesex Village School built.
- 1897 - Lowell Textile School opens.
- 1898 - Pawtucket Congregational Church built.
- 1900
- Gaity Theatre opens.
- Population: 94,969.
20th century
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- 1902 - Lowell Historical Society incorporated.
- 1905 - Tewksbury's Wigginville neighborhood annexed to the City of Lowell.
- 1908 - Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church built.
- 1909 - Lowell's Merrimack Valley Course hosted a motor racing festival that featured four AAA-sanctioned championship car races.
- 1910 - Population: 106,294.
- 1911 - Colonial Theatre opens.
- 1917 - Demoulas Market (grocery) in business.
- 1918 - International Institute active.
- 1922 - Lowell Memorial Auditorium built.
- 1924 - Commodore Ballroom opens.
- 1925 - Edith Nourse Rogers becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
- 1927 - Victory Theater opens.
- 1930 - Post Office built.
- 1937 - Cawley Memorial Stadium built.
- 1942 - Lowell Ordnance Plant active.
- 1946 - New England Golden Gloves boxing tournament begins.
- 1951
- WCAP (AM) radio begins broadcasting.
- Monarch Diner in business.
- 1970 - Lowell Community Health Center established.[1]
- 1971 - Lowell Historic District Commission proposed by City Councilor M. Brendan Fleming approved by the Lowell City Council
- 1974 - Lowell Regional Transit Authority created.
- 1975
- University of Massachusetts Lowell established.
- Paul Tsongas becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
- 1976 - Wang Laboratories relocates to Lowell.
- 1978
- Lowell National Historical Park established.
- Yorick Club goes bankrupt.
- 1979
- B. Joseph Tully becomes city manager.
- Merrimack Regional Theatre active.
- 1980
- Wang headquarters construction begins.
- Population: 92,418.
- 1983 - Lowell Historic Board and Downtown Lowell Historic District established.
- 1987
- Middlesex Community College opens campus in Lowell.
- New England Quilt Museum founded.
- 1989
- Glory Buddhist Temple established.
- Sister city relationship established with Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France.
- 1990
- Lowell Folk Festival begins.
- Baystate Marathon begins.
- 1991
- Richard Johnson becomes city manager.
- University of Massachusetts' Industrial History Center established.
- 1992 - August: Wang goes bankrupt.
- 1995
- Brian J. Martin becomes city manager.
- Chamber of Commerce formed.
- 1996
- Lowell Spinners baseball team founded.
- Stoklosa Alumni Field opens.
- 1997
- Showcase Cinema in business.
- Merrimack Valley Textile Museum relocated to Lowell.
- 1998
- Edward A. LeLacheur Park and Paul E. Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell open.
- Lowell Lock Monsters hockey team formed.
- City website online (approximate date).
21st century
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- 2000
- John Cox becomes city manager.
- String Project (music education) established.
- 2001
- Cultural Organization of Lowell established.
- Winterfest begins.
- Sister city relationships established with Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, Cambodia.
- 2006
- Bernard Lynch becomes city manager.
- Shree Swaminarayan Temple established.
- Sister city relationship established with Bryansk, Russia.
- 2007 - Niki Tsongas becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
- 2010
- Patrick O. Murphy becomes mayor.
- Sister city relationship established with Winneba, Ghana.
- Population: 106,519.
- 2014
- July: Fire.
- Kevin Murphy becomes city manager.[2]
See also
- History of Lowell, Massachusetts
- List of mayors and city managers of Lowell, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowell, Massachusetts
- Timelines of other municipalities in Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham
References
- ^ Federal Writers' Project 1937.
- ^ Eno 1976.
- ^ March 1849.
- ^ Adams 1857.
- ^ Catalogue of the Library of the Middlesex Mechanic Association, at Lowell, Mass., Leonard Huntress, printer, 1840, OCLC 11765136, OL 23535943M
- ^ Prescott 1841.
- ^ Britannica 1910.
- ^ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Research". Lowell Historical Society. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
Collections
- ^ Industries 1886.
- ^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ Sampson 1870.
- ^ Aaron Brenner; et al., eds. (2009). "Timeline". Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-2645-5.
- ^ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- ^ Anniversary 1886.
- ^ Floyd 1840.
- ^ Sue Heinemann (1996). Timelines of American Women's History. Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-399-51986-4.
- ^ Cowley 1856.
- ^ Sampson 1875.
- ^ Mike Tigas; Sisi Wei, eds. (9 May 2013). "Lowell, Massachusetts". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ Contributions of the Old Residents' Historical Association, Lowell, Mass.: The Association, 1873, OL 14001898M
- ^ Andrew F. Smith (2011). "Chronology". Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-39393-8.
- ^ Ellis 1899.
- ^ Coburn 1920.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Lowell, MA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ Lowell Historical Society (1902), By-Laws, Lowell, Mass., OL 18112818M
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- ^ "Lowell Motor Carnival a Racing Success". Motor Age. XVI (11): 1–15. September 9, 1909. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "To understand Market Basket feud, head to Lowell", Boston Globe, July 31, 2014
- ^ Stanton 2006.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 69th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1926. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081797379.
- ^ "Tradition of City's Golden Gloves", Lowell Sun, January 6, 2016
- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1977. hdl:2027/uc1.31158002391372.
- ^ Boston Globe 1992.
- ^ Goldstein 2000.
- ^ "Ex-Lowell official pleads guilty in bribe case", Boston Globe, August 31, 2011
- ^ "Wang Headquarters Auctioned for $525,000", New York Times, February 17, 1994
- ^ United States Census Bureau (1984), County and City Data Book, 1983, Statistical Abstract, Washington DC, OL 14997563M
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- ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Massachusetts: Lowell". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ Pluralism Project. "Lowell, Massachusetts". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ "FAQ". Lowell Folk Festival. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- ^ "Community Links". City of Lowell.
- ^ "Welcome to the City of Lowell, MA". Archived from the original on 1998-12-12 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Lowell manager's resignation may herald a power shift", Boston Globe, April 30, 2006
- ^ "University of Massachusetts, Lowell". Dallas, TX: National String Project Consortium. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ^ "About Us". Cultural Organization of Lowell. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ^ "Court dance connects New England and Cambodia", Boston Globe, August 5, 2001
- ^ "Lowell's new city manager rolls up sleeves", Boston Globe, December 28, 2006
- ^ "Shree Swaminarayan Temple". Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday. International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 112th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 2011. ISBN 9780160886539.
- ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ "Lowell (city), Massachusetts". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Seven Die, Including 3 Children, in Massachusetts Fire", New York Times, July 10, 2014
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- Lowell Directory. Lowell, Massachusetts: Benjamin Floyd. 1832.
- Lowell Directory. Lowell: Benjamin Floyd. 1835.
- Benjamin Floyd (1840). Lowell Directory. Lowell.
- William H. Prescott (1841). Lowell Directory. Lowell: Leonard Huntress, printer.
- Charles Dickens (1842), "Lowell", American Notes, London: Chapman and Hall
- Lowell Directory ... 1844. Lowell: Turner. 1844.
- Lowell Directory. Lowell: Oliver March. 1847.
- Lowell Directory. Lowell: Oliver March. 1849.
- George Adams (1851). Lowell Directory. Lowell: Oliver March.
- Charles Cowley (1856), Hand Book of Business in Lowell, Lowell: E.D. Green, OCLC 9488073, OL 6905491M
- Adams, Sampson & Co. (1857). Lowell Directory ... 1858. Lowell: Joshua Merrill and B.C. Sargeant.
- Jeremiah Spofford (1860), "Lowell", Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of Massachusetts (2nd ed.), Haverhill: E.G. Frothingham
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- Lowell Directory, 1866. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Co. 1866.
- Sampson, Davenport, & Co. (1868). Lowell Directory, 1868. Lowell: Joshua Merrill & Son.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Lowell Business Directory". Merrimack River Directory. Boston: Greenough, Jones. 1872.
- Sampson, Davenport, & Co. (1875). Lowell Directory, 1875-6. Lowell: Joshua Merrill & Son.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Hopkins (1879). City Atlas of Lowell, Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts.
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (9th ed.). 1883. .
- "City of Lowell", Industries of Massachusetts, New York: International Pub. Co., 1886, OCLC 19803267
- Exercises of the Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative of the Incorporation of the City of Lowell, Lowell, Mass: Vox Populi Press, S.W. Huse & Co., 1886, OL 14007310M
- Atlas of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts. L.J. Richards & Co. 1896 – via State Library of Massachusetts.
- The Lowell Book, Boston: G.H. Ellis, 1899, OCLC 14177988, OL 6997495M
- Published in the 20th century
- Atlas of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts. L.J. Richards & Co. 1906 – via State Library of Massachusetts.
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 76–77. .
- George F. Kenngott (1912), Record of a City: a Social Survey of Lowell, Massachusetts, New York: Macmillan Co., OCLC 2048985, OL 13542090M
- Frederick William Coburn (1920). History of Lowell and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company – via HathiTrust.
- Atlas of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts. L.J. Richards & Co. 1924 – via State Library of Massachusetts.
- Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Lowell", Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, American Guide Series, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, hdl:2027/mdp.39015014440781
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: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Lowell Cultural Resources Inventory, 1980
- Lowell Neighborhoods: Historical and Architectural Survey, 1981
- "Boom to Bust: Wang Bankruptcy Leaves Lowell Sagging Under the Weight of Recession", Boston Globe, August 25, 1992
- George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Lowell, Massachusetts", World Encyclopedia of Cities, vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, OL 1431653M (fulltext via Open Library)
- Published in the 21st century
- Carolyn M. Goldstein (2000). "Many Voices, True Stories, and the Experiences We Are Creating in Industrial History Museums: Reinterpreting Lowell, Massachusetts". Public Historian. 22 (3): 129–137. doi:10.2307/3379583. JSTOR 3379583.
- "Around Boston: Lowell", New England (3rd ed.), Lonely Planet, 2002, p. 172+, OL 24765202M
- Cathy Stanton (2006). The Lowell Experiment: Public History in a Postindustrial City. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 1-55849-547-9.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lowell, Massachusetts.
- Richard F. Leach; Eileen Loucraft. "Lowell History Chronology". Lowell Historical Society.
- Items related to Lowell, Mass., various dates (via Digital Commonwealth)
- Items related to Lowell, Mass., various dates (via US Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)
- University of Massachusetts Lowell. Center for Lowell History
- Items related to Lowell, Massachusetts, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
- "Lowell, Massachusetts". Ballotpedia. Wisconsin: Lucy Burns Institute.
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Lowell Bleachery, incorporated 1832
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Lowell, 1834
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Jail, built 1856
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Advertisements, 1875
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Map of Lowell, 1876