In today’s Sun we learned of the passing of Sally Birke – who along with her husband Nathan – owned Birke’s clothing store in downtown Lowell. As… Read More

Lowell Historical Society board member and Assistant Administrator Kim Zunino of the Lowell Historic Board gives us more information about the history and fate of… Read More

Before there was Instagram, there were actual film cameras and photos left to age for decades. As Lowell National Historical Park looks at its 35th… Read More

After years of wrangling among the town fathers, the Historic Commission and the former owner, the remains of the famous Ames Castle atop a hill… Read More

Our friend and Lowell Historical Society colleague Ryan Owen over at “Forgotten New England” offers us an interesting glimpse in to a forgotten but important… Read More

The Lowell Historical Society is constantly receiving artifacts from people around the country. While it would be an impossible task to share them all out… Read More

On this Day November 5, 1818 – Benjamin F. Butler – a lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of… Read More

Our friends at St. Patrick’s, historian Dave McKeon and the Ancient Order of  Hibernians have just announced their Fall tour of St. Patrick’s Cemetery: circa… Read More

With all the interest and activity in the abolitionist movement in Lowell in the 1840s – 1860s, I though that this personal letter written by… Read More

This entry is a cross post from “Forgotten New England” – the blog site of Lowell Historical Society board member Ryan Owen. Note: In 1975,… Read More