Have you ever wondered where the Mayors of Lowell were buried? Early in Lowell history, Lowell Cemetery was the popular place. Over time as the… Read More

Source: New York Public Library’s Public Domain Archivehttps://nypl.getarchive.net/media/charles-dickens-786cdd It is often mentioned that Charles Dickens valued his visit to Lowell in February 1842 more than… Read More

November 28th is the 80th anniversary of the Cocoanut Grove Fire at 17 Piedmont Street, Boston. Four hundred and ninety people were killed and many… Read More

Content warning: this article includes mentions of murder, poisoning, self harm, and mental health issues. Many say that the links to Lowell through… Read More

Have you ever wondered who that school is named for? Sure the Butler and Wang schools are easy but what about the Morey? Having a… Read More

Cynthia Bicknell Atkinson, Lowell Historical Society Collection In the early 1830s, when Lowell was an emerging boom town of textiles and mill girls, there were… Read More

Over the course of February, 2021, former, long-time Lowell Historical Society board member and archivist, Martha Mayo published a series of Untold Lowell Stories on… Read More

In 2018, Genealogist Walter Hickey did a presentation on the Spanish Flu epidemic in Lowell nearly 100 years after it happened. Because of the recent… Read More

Eileen did a presentation on Lowell-raised Charles L Willoughby today. Check it out!… Read More