Category: Revolutionary Era

Grange Hall Prescott, Mass., Feb. 15, 1928

History of Prescott, Massachusetts

Prescott, Massachusetts, was a town in the Swift River Valley that was lost when the town was submerged due to the Quabbin Reservoir project. Prescott was originally settled as a… Read more »

Quabbin Lake in Greenwich, Mass. Photo published in the Boston Transcript on May 5, 1926.

History of Greenwich, Massachusetts

Greenwich, Massachusetts, was a town in the Swift River Valley that was lost when the town was submerged due to the Quabbin Reservoir project. On January 14, 1746, the General… Read more »

The school and town hall, Dana, Mass., June 11, 1930

History of Dana, Massachusetts

Dana, Massachusetts, was a town in the Swift River Valley that was lost when the town was submerged due to the Quabbin Reservoir project. Dana was originally settled in 1763… Read more »

Official town seal of Enfield, Massachusetts

History of Enfield, Massachusetts

Enfield, Massachusetts, was a town in the Swift River Valley that was lost when the town was submerged due to the Quabbin Reservoir project. Enfield was settled by Robert Fields,… Read more »

Williams Court, also known as Pi Alley, in Boston, Mass in 1920

Pi Alley in Boston, Massachusetts

Pi Alley (sometimes misspelled Pie Alley) is a historic alley in Boston, Massachusetts. Located off of Washington Street, the origin of the name is unknown, and it also went by… Read more »