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This post is an except from a 1978 proposal by Dr. Shirley Zavin, Executive Director of Boston 350. Historic Boston, Inc. has worked tirelessly over the years with developers on this parcel of land that includes the Nawn Factory, Eliot Burial Ground and Eustis Street Firehouse. Located at the interaction of Washington and Eustis Streets in Roxbury, the John Eliot Burying Ground Historic District preserves many important chapters of Boston’s history. Until 1786 and the building of the Charles River Bridge, Washington Street – then called Orange Street – was the only overland route from Boston to the mainland. In linking Roxbury and Boston, WashingtonRead More →

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This post is an except from a 1978 proposal by Dr. Shirley Zavin, Executive Director of Boston 350.Historic Boston, Inc. has worked tirelessly over the years with developers on this parcel of land that includes the Nawn Factory, Eliot Burial Ground and Eustis Street Firehouse. The John Eliot Burying ground is one of the three oldest in Boston.  The first recorded burial occurred in 1633: the oldest surviving stone is that of Rev. Samuel Danforth’s infant son, dated 1653. Buried there are many famous early Roxbury citizens, including John Eliot, minister of the First Church of Roxbury; Eliot’s translations of biblical texts into native AmericanRead More →