The Grand Army Hall
GRAND ARMY HALL The Grand Army Building and Hall was located on Park Street in Chelsea Square. It occupied the building that…
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Moshe Milkbaum is the editor of chelseamass.net. Send tips and corrections to [email protected].The Granite Block building
JOHN WILKINSON AND THE GRANITE BLOCK For many years before the Chelsea Fire of 1908 a large building made of granite…
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CHELSEA POST OFFICE The Town of Chelsea in 1830 was divided into three districts: the Ferry District which comprised all of…
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Americans Killed in Action, Numbers, American War Library
NOTE: This page is under research and construction Numbers of Chelsea Residents and Total Americans Killed/Wounded, by Action, in all conflicts since…
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FIRST MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION IN CHELSEA On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan, an Illinois congressman and three time Commander of…
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S VISIT TO CHELSEA September 19, 1848, Abraham Lincoln, a little known, one term, Congressman from Illinois visited Massachusetts to stump…
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CARY IMPROVEMENT COMPANY September 1, 1851, an Act was approved by the Massachusetts General Court granting authority to John H. Wilkins,…
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U. S. Marine Hospital
U. S. MARINE HOSPITAL A law passed by Congress and signed by President John Adams, on July 16, 1798, provided, that each…
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Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber
BENJAMIN PENHALLOW SHILLABER During the nineteenth century, Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber was nationally known as a humorist and newspaperman. Born in Portsmouth, New…
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Chelsea Homes Past and Present
CHELSEA’S HOMES Shown here are a selection of homes built during the 19th and 20th century. Most of these homes still exist…
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