Timeline of Lowell, Massachusetts

The following is a timeline of the history of Lowell, Massachusetts, US.

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19th century
  • 1822
  • 1824
    • St. Anne's Church organized.[3]
    • Lowell Daily Journal and Courier begins publication.[4]
  • 1825 - Middlesex Mechanic Association,[5] Hamilton Manufacturing Company,[3]and Mechanic Phalanx established.[6]
  • 1826
    • Town of Lowell established from Chelmsford land.[7]
    • First Baptist Church and First Universalist Church organized.[3]
    • Merrimack Journal newspaper in publication.[8]
    • Central Bridge opens.[9]
  • 1827 - First Methodist Episcopal Church organized.[3]
  • 1828 - Appleton Company, Lowell Bank, and Lowell Manufacturing Company incorporated.[3]
  • 1829
    • Lowell Institution for Savings incorporated.[3]
    • Lowell Fire Department established.[9]
  • 1830
    • Lawrence Manufacturing Company, Middlesex Company, Suffolk Manufacturing Company, and Tremont Mills incorporated.[3]
    • Appleton Street Church, South Congregational Church, and Worthen Street Baptist Church established.[3]
    • Town Hall built.[10]
    • Population: 6,474.[11]
  • 1831
    • First Roman Catholic Church organized.[3]
    • Railroad Bank incorporated.[3]
  • 1832 - Lowell Bleachery incorporated.[3]
  • 1833 - Police Court established.[12]
  • 1834
  • 1835
  • 1836
    • City of Lowell incorporated.[15]
    • Factory Girls' Association,[13] Dispensary,[6] Lowell Temperance Society,[6] and Second Universalist Parish[9] established.
  • 1838
    • Nashua and Lowell Railroad begins operating.[4]
    • County jail built.[10]
  • 1839
    • Massachusetts Cotton Mills incorporated.[9]
    • Middlesex Horticultural Society[9] and Lowell Medical Association[16] founded.
  • 1840
  • 1841
  • 1843 - First Wesleyan Methodist Church[3]and Missionary Association established.[4]
  • 1844 - City Library,[14] Lowell Female Labor Reform Association,[17] and New Jerusalem Swedenborgian Church established.[3]
  • 1845 - Lowell Machine Shop incorporated.[3]
  • 1846
  • 1847 - June: U.S. president Polk visits Lowell.[18]
  • 1848 - Francis floodgate[1] and Colburn School built.
  • 1850
    • Lowell Gas Light Company in business.[4]
    • Salem and Lowell Railroad begins operating.[4]
    • Middlesex County Law Library founded.[14]
    • Court-House built.[10]
    • Population: 33,383.[11]
  • 1851 - Lowell Daily Citizen newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1852 - May: Lajos Kossuth visits Lowell.[18]
  • 1853
  • 1856 - Jail built.[10]
  • 1857 - Varnum School built.
  • 1863 - High School Association organized.[12]
  • 1864 - Lowell Horse Railroad begins operating.[12]
  • 1865
    • United States Bunting Company in business.[19]
    • Wamesit Power Company incorporated.[19]
  • 1867 - St. John's Hospital and Young Men's Christian Association established.[12][20]
  • 1868 - Old Franklin Literary Association[19] and Old Residents' Historical Association organized.[21]
  • 1870 - Coggeshall's Circulating Library in business.[14]
  • 1873 - Young Women's Home established.[19]
  • 1875 - Riding Park, and Club Dramatique established.[19]
  • 1876
    • Moxie beverage invented.[22]
    • Lowell Art Association founded.
  • 1882 - Butler School built.
  • 1883
  • 1887 - Board of Trade established.[23]
  • 1889 - Opera House built.
  • 1890 - Population: 77,696.[7]
  • 1891 - Lowell General Hospital founded.[24][20]
  • 1893 - Lowell Post Office built.
  • 1894 - Normal School[1] and Middlesex Women's Club[9] founded.
  • 1895 - Middlesex Village School built.[9]
  • 1897 - Lowell Textile School opens.[1]
  • 1898 - Pawtucket Congregational Church built.

20th century

21st century

See also

References
  1. Federal Writers' Project 1937.
  2. Eno 1976.
  3. March 1849.
  4. Adams 1857.
  5. Catalogue of the Library of the Middlesex Mechanic Association, at Lowell, Mass., Leonard Huntress, printer, 1840, OCLC 11765136, OL 23535943M
  6. Prescott 1841.
  7. Britannica 1910.
  8. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  9. "Research". Lowell Historical Society. Retrieved January 25, 2014. Collections
  10. Industries 1886.
  11. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  12. Sampson 1870.
  13. Aaron Brenner; et al., eds. (2009). "Timeline". Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-2645-5.
  14. Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  15. Anniversary 1886.
  16. Floyd 1840.
  17. Sue Heinemann (1996). Timelines of American Women's History. Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-399-51986-4.
  18. Cowley 1856.
  19. Sampson 1875.
  20. Mike Tigas; Sisi Wei (eds.). "Lowell, Massachusetts". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  21. Contributions of the Old Residents' Historical Association, Lowell, Mass.: The Association, 1873, OL 14001898M
  22. Andrew F. Smith (2011). "Chronology". Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-39393-8.
  23. Ellis 1899.
  24. Coburn 1920.
  25. "Movie Theaters in Lowell, MA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  26. Lowell Historical Society (1902), By-Laws, Lowell, Mass., OL 18112818M
  27. "To understand Market Basket feud, head to Lowell", Boston Globe, July 31, 2014
  28. Stanton 2006.
  29. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 69th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1926. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081797379.
  30. "Tradition of City's Golden Gloves", Lowell Sun, January 6, 2016
  31. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1977. hdl:2027/uc1.31158002391372.
  32. Boston Globe 1992.
  33. Goldstein 2000.
  34. "Ex-Lowell official pleads guilty in bribe case", Boston Globe, August 31, 2011
  35. "Wang Headquarters Auctioned for $525,000", New York Times, February 17, 1994
  36. United States Census Bureau (1984), County and City Data Book, 1983, Statistical Abstract, Washington DC, OL 14997563M
  37. "Lowell Historic Board History". City of Lowell. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  38. American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Massachusetts: Lowell". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. ISBN 0759100020.
  39. Pluralism Project. "Lowell, Massachusetts". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  40. "FAQ". Lowell Folk Festival. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  41. "Community Links". City of Lowell.
  42. "Welcome to the City of Lowell, MA". Archived from the original on December 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  43. "Lowell manager's resignation may herald a power shift", Boston Globe, April 30, 2006
  44. "University of Massachusetts, Lowell". Dallas, TX: National String Project Consortium. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  45. "About Us". Cultural Organization of Lowell. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  46. "Court dance connects New England and Cambodia", Boston Globe, August 5, 2001
  47. "Lowell's new city manager rolls up sleeves", Boston Globe, December 28, 2006
  48. "Shree Swaminarayan Temple". Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday. International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  49. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 112th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 2011.
  50. "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  51. "Lowell (city), Massachusetts". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  52. "Seven Die, Including 3 Children, in Massachusetts Fire", New York Times, July 10, 2014

Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century
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.

Images
  • Lowell Bleachery, incorporated 1832
  • Lowell, 1834
  • Jail, built 1856
  • Advertisements, 1875
  • Map of Lowell, 1876

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