Category: Industrial Era

Foxborough State Hospital in Foxborough, Mass

Abandoned Mental Hospitals in Massachusetts

Psychiatric hospitals and asylums are primarily an invention of the 19th century and are now a relic of it as well. Most asylums built in the 19th century have since… Read more »

Alexander Graham Bell at the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the 1875 invention of the telephone in Boston-Mass, circa 1916

Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Many new and innovated inventions were created during the Industrial Revolution. These inventions helped further spur the industrial revolution and improved farming, manufacturing, transportation, communication, health, public safety as well… Read more »

Castles in Massachusetts

Massachusetts is home to many historic sites and historic houses, including a number of castles. These castles were mostly built during the 19th century and the early 20th century and… Read more »

10 Historic Homes You Can Visit in Massachusetts

Massachusetts has many beautiful and historic homes. From first period houses to Federal-style and Victorian houses, there’s a wide range of history associated with these houses. Some of them were… Read more »

Lowell Mass, illustration published in Illustrated History of Lowell, circa 1868

History of Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a historic Massachusetts city located on the Merrimack River in Middlesex county about 30 miles north of Boston. Incorporated in the 19th century, Lowell was a mill town… Read more »