Timeline of Lynn, Massachusetts

The following is a timeline of the history of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

17th-18th century
  • 1629 - Saugus founded. Among the founders—Edmund Ingalls
  • 1637 - Saugus renamed "Lynn."[1]
  • 1642 - Saugus Iron Works in business.
  • 1644 - Reading separates from Lynn.[1]
  • 1720 - Lynnfield burying-ground established.[2]
  • 1732 - Saugus burying-ground established.[2]
  • 1782 - Lynnfield separates from Lynn.[1]
  • 1793 - Post office in operation.[2]
  • 1797 - Population: 2,291.[3]

19th century
  • 1803 - Floating Bridge constructed on Salem-Boston turnpike.[2]
  • 1810 - Population: 4,087.[4]
  • 1812 - Eastern Burial-Place established.[2]
  • 1814 - Town House built.[5]
  • 1815
Lyceum building
Ezra W. Mudge
Music Hall
St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church
G.A.R. Hall and Museum
Emblem of Lynn Historical Society, 1898

20th century
Vamp Building
English High School 1916 section
Walter H. Creamer
Lynn Post Office
Capitol Diner
Lynn City Hall

21st century
  • 2001 - City website online (approximate date).[37]
  • 2002 - Edward J. Clancy, Jr. becomes mayor.
  • 2003 - North Shore Spirit baseball team begins play.
  • 2004 - KIPP Lynn Academy opens.
  • 2007 - North Shore Spirit cease operations.
  • 2008 - North Shore Navigators baseball team relocates to Lynn.
  • 2010
  • 2011 - KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate (High School) holds its first class.
  • 2012 - KIPP Academy Lynn opens doors the Highlands.
  • 2014 - Seasonal ferry service to/from Boston is established
  • 2016 - Ferry service is suspended
  • 2017 - Ferry service resumes
  • 2018

See also

References
  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. Arrington 1922.
  3. Morse 1797.
  4. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  5. Industries of Massachusetts 1886.
  6. Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  7. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  8. "Lynn Natural History Society". Magazine of Horticuture. Boston, Mass.: Hovey & Co. October 1843.
  9. Newhall 1890.
  10. "Frederick Douglass Chronology". Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  11. The full text of Page:My Bondage and My Freedom (1855).djvu/411 at Wikisource
  12. "Frederick Douglass Chronology - Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  13. "Transportation Protests: 1841 to 1992". www.civilrightsteaching.org. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  14. "Resistance to the Segregation of Public Transportation in the Early 1840's". primaryresearch.org. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  15. "High Rock Park". City of Lynn. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  16. Carlson, Stephen P. (1980). All Aboard!. Saugus, Massachusetts: Stephen P. Carlson.
  17. Bradlee, Francis F. C. (1917). The Eastern Railroad: A Historical Account of Early Railroading in Eastern New England. Salem, MA: The Essex Institute.
  18. Lynn Public Library. "About our library". Archived from the original on October 4, 2006. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  19. Johnson 1880.
  20. Fraser, Caroline (1999). God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church. Henry Holt and Company. p. 52. ISBN 978-0805044317.
  21. Nichols 1869.
  22. Aaron Brenner; Benjamin Day; Immanuel Ness, eds. (2015) [2009]. "Timeline". Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-45707-7.
  23. Anniversary 1880.
  24. "Lynn Woods Reservation". City of Lynn. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  25. W.H. Michael (1889). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fiftieth Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  26. "March 11, 1888, Blizzard Shuts Down Massachusetts". Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved 2020-01-18. On this day in 1888, ordinary life in Massachusetts came to a standstill. One of the most destructive blizzards ever to strike the East Coast raged for 36 hours.
  27. The Thomson-Houston Road at Lynn, Mass., The Electrical World, Dec. 8, 1888, page 303
  28. Electric Railway at Lynn, Mass., Electric Power, January, 1889, page 21
  29. "FAQs: How did the firm impact the advent of electricity?". J.P. Morgan. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  30. "MACRIS inventory record for English High School (498 Essex Street)". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  31. Belcher, Jonathan (31 December 2011). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  32. "High Rock Park, Tower and Observatory". City of Lynn. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  33. Quarterly of the National Fire Protection Association, Volume 17. National Fire Protection Association. 1923. p. 366. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  34. "The Roads Not Taken". www.architects.org. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  35. "Interstate 95-Massachusetts (North of Boston Section)". www.bostonroads.com. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  36. "BLAZE DESTROYS URBAN COMPLEX IN LYNN, MASS". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  37. "City of Lynn, Massachusetts Official Homepage". Archived from the original on July 2001 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  38. "Frederick Douglass' 200th Birthday in Lynn" (PDF). Lynn Douglass 200th Committee. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  39. "Re-Examining Fredrick Douglass's Time In Lynn". Lynn Daily Item / itemlive.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  40. Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Chronology", Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, American Guide Series, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, hdl:2027/mdp.39015014440781

Bibliography
Published in the 18th-19th century
  • Jedidiah Morse (1797), "Lynn", American Gazetteer, Boston: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews
  • Alonzo Lewis (1829), The history of Lynn, Boston: J.H. Eastburn, OCLC 11545142, OL 6905784M
  • Alonzo Lewis (1844), The history of Lynn, including Nahant (2nd ed.), Boston: Printed by S. N. Dickinson, OL 24930364M
  • Alonzo Lewis; James R. Newhall (1865), History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts: including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant, Boston: J.L. Shorey, OL 13446280M
  • Lynn Directory, 1867. Lynn, Mass.: Sampson, Davenport & Co. 1867.
  • City Hall of Lynn, Lynn, Mass.: T. P. Nichols, printer, 1869, OL 14000539M
  • "Chronological Table", Centennial Memorial of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, Lynn: Pub. by order of the City Council, 1876
  • Proceedings in Lynn, Massachusetts, June 17, 1879: being the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement, Published by order of the City Council, 1880, OCLC 4042721, OL 6905493M
  • David Newhall Johnson (1880), Sketches of Lynn: or, the changes of 50 years, Lynn, Mass.: T. P. Nichols, printer, OL 14042347M
  • "City of Lynn", Industries of Massachusetts, New York: International Pub. Co., 1886, OCLC 19803267
  • Lynn and Surroundings, Lynn, Mass: Lewis & Winship, 1886, OL 14021197M
  • Lynn Manual and Essex County Road Book, Lynn, Mass.: E. F. Bacheller, 1888, OL 24157919M
  • James R. Newhall (1890), History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, 2, Lynn: G. C. Herbert, OCLC 2882816, OL 13523901M
Published in the 20th century
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.