Timeline of Worcester, Massachusetts
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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Prior to 19th century
- 1669 - Common established.
- 1719 - Town meeting house built.[1]
- 1733 - Court House built.[2]
- 1763 - Old South Meeting house built (approximate date).[1]
- 1775
- Post office established.[1]
- Massachusetts Spy newspaper relocates to Worcester.
- 1786 - Worcester Magazine begins publication.[3]
- 1787 - First known printing of the word 'baseball' appears in A Little Pretty Pocketbook, Worchester, MA, by Isaiah Thomas, Rare Book and Special Collections, Library of Congress.
- 1792 - Second Meeting House dedicated.[4]
- 1793 - Associate Library Company active.[5]
19th century
- 1800 - Independent Gazeteer begins publication.[3]
- 1801 - National Aegis newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1812 - American Society of Antiquaries founded.
- 1818 - Worcester Agricultural Society incorporated.[1]
- 1819 - Fraternity of Odd Fellows active.[5]
- 1823 - Massachusetts Yeoman newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1824 - Town Hall built.[1]
- 1825 - Worcester Lyceum of Natural History founded.
- 1828 - Blackstone Canal opens.
- 1829
- 1830
- Worcester County Colonization Society formed.[6]
- Worcester Social Library active.[5]
- 1832 - Worcester Law Library Association active.[5]
- 1833
- Tolman carriage factory established.[7]
- Ezra Rice House built.
- 1834
- St. John's Catholic Church established.
- Worcester Palladium newspaper begins publication.[3]
- Worcester Academy established.[8]
- 1835 - Harris' Circulating Library in operation.[5]
- 1838
- P. Young variety store established.[9]
- Christian Reflector newspaper begins publication.[3]
- Rural Cemetery is incorporated.[10]
- 1843 - College of the Holy Cross established.
- 1840 - Worcester County Horticultural Society formed.[1]
- 1844 - Worcester Almanac begins publication.[1]
- 1845
- 1847 - Worcester Telegraph and Worcester Daily Journal newspapers begin publication.[3]
- 1848
- Levi Lincoln, Jr. becomes mayor.
- City hosts Whig State Convention.[11]
- 1849 - Oread Institute founded.
- 1850 - City hosts National Women's Rights Convention.
- 1851 - Daily Morning Transcript newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1852 - Worcester Young Men's Christian Association founded.[12]
- 1853
- Worcester Rhetorical Society incorporated.[13]
- Emmanuel Baptist church built.
- Agricultural Fairgrounds in operation (approximate date).[1]
- 1854
- Hope Cemetery laid out.
- Mission Chapel built.
- 1856 - Worcester Employment Society and Highland Military School founded.[1]
- 1857
- May 5, first baseball no-hitter by Lee Richmond of Worcester, National League
- Mechanics Hall built.
- Ladies' Collegiate Institute opens.[14]
- 1858 - Worcester Music Festival begins; Frohsinn Gesang Verein chorus formed.[1]
- 1860 - A.H. Word's Select Circulating Library active.[5]
- 1862 - Free Public Library building constructed on Elm Street.[13]
- 1864 - Dale Hospital opens.[1]
- 1865 - Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science founded.[15]
- 1866 - Worcester County Homoeopathic Medical Society formed.[1]
- 1868 - Chamberlain's Circulating Library in operation.[5]
- 1869 - Elwood Adams hardware store in business.[16]
- 1872 - South End commercial circulating library in operation.[5]
- 1873 - Home for Aged Women opens.[1]
- 1874
- Worcester Normal School established.
- Soldiers' Monument dedicated.
- Cathedral of Saint Paul built.
- 1875
- Worcester Society of Antiquity formed.[1]
- Train station built.
- 1876 - Grand Army of the Republic Hall built.
- 1877 - Irvings base ball team active.[1]
- 1879 - Worcester Worcesters base ball team formed (approximate date).[1]
- 1884
- Worcester bicentennial.[17]
- St. Peters Catholic Church built.
- 1885 - Frederick Daniels House built.
- 1886
- 1887
- Clark University founded.
- Becker's Business College formed.
- Pilgrim Congregational Church built.
- Horseshoers' Union organized.[1]
- 1888 - St. Mark's Episcopal Church built.
- 1889 - Old South Church built, corner Main and Wellington St.[1]
- 1891 - Lothrop's Opera House opens.[18]
- 1892 - New English High School opens.[1]
- 1894 - St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church and South Unitarian Church built.
- 1895 - Union Congregational Church built.
- 1897 - Worcester Art Museum School established.[8]
- 1898
- Worcester Art Museum building opens.
- Worcester City Hall built.
- 1899 - Worcester Business Institute established.[8]
20th century
- 1900
- Population: 118,421.[19]
- Bancroft School established.[8]
- Bancroft Tower in Salisbury Park erected.
- 1901 - Worcester Magazine begins publication.[20]
- 1904
- Assumption College established.
- Shaarai Torah congregation incorporated.
- 1906
- Boulevard Park opens.
- Worcester Lunch Car and Carriage Manufacturing Company founded.
- Labor News begins publication.[3]
- Worcester Domestic Science School established.[8]
- 1907 - Slater Building constructed.
- 1910 - Population: 145,986.[19]
- 1911 - Train station rebuilt.
- 1912
- Bancroft Hotel built.
- Burnside Fountain installed.
- 1913 - Greendale Branch Library, Quinsigamond Branch Library and South Worcester Branch Library built.
- 1914
- Park Building constructed.
- September - Fashion Week.[21]
- 1921 - Temple Emanuel founded.
- 1923 - Worcester Panthers baseball team active.
- 1924
- Fitton Field stadium opens.
- Congregation Beth Israel founded.
- 1927 -
- Foley Stadium built.
- Worcester Airport opens.
- 1931 - Higgins Armory Museum opens.[22]
- 1938 - Worcester Junior College established.
- 1950 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester established.
- 1952 - Massachusetts Route 146 highway constructed.
- 1953 - Tornado.
- 1954 - Worcester Area Sports Car Club formed.
- 1955 - Commerce Bank & Trust Company founded.
- 1962 - University of Massachusetts Medical School established.
- 1963 - Quinsigamond Community College founded.
- 1968 - Worcester Consortium of universities founded.
- 1971
- Worcester Center Galleria opens.[23]
- Worcester Science Center and Mechanics Tower built.
- 1974
- Worcester Regional Transit Authority established.
- Worcester Plaza built.
- 1975 - Joseph D. Early becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district.
- 1976 - Worcester Magazine begins publication.[24]
- 1980 - New England Summer Nationals automotive festival begins.
- 1982 - Centrum arena opens.
- 1983 - Interstate 190 highway in operation.
- 1986 - Telegram & Gazette newspaper formed.
- 1987
- Greater Worcester Land Trust founded.
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts division opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Pushkin, Russia.[25]
- 1988
- Jordan Levy becomes mayor.
- Worcester Historical Museum opens on Elm Street.[26]
- 1991 - Sky Mark Tower built.
- 1994
- Raymond Mariano becomes mayor.
- Worcester Women's History Project founded.[27]
- Worcester IceCats hockey team active.
- 1996
- City website online (approximate date).[28][chronology citation needed]
- Worcester Sharks ice hockey team active.
- Music Worcester Inc. formed.
- 1997 - Jim McGovern becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district.
- 1999 - Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire.
21st century
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- 2000
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences campus opens.
- Union Station renovated.[23]
- 2001 - Worcester Public Library main branch renovated.
- 2002 - Tim Murray becomes mayor.
- 2005 - Worcester Tornadoes baseball team formed.
- 2007 - Konstantina Lukes becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Joseph C. O'Brien becomes mayor.
- 2011 - Worcester Hydra soccer team founded.
- 2012 - Joseph Petty becomes mayor.
See also
- Worcester history
- List of mayors of Worcester, Massachusetts
- Worcester, Massachusetts Firsts
- Media in Worcester, Massachusetts
- Other cities in Massachusetts
- Timeline of Boston
- Timeline of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Haverhill, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Lawrence, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Lowell, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Lynn, Massachusetts
- Timeline of New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Newburyport, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Salem, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Somerville, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Waltham, Massachusetts
Images
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City Hall, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 19.jpg
Town Hall, corner Main and Front St., built 1824
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Massachusetts Yeoman newspaper published in Worcester ca.1820s
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Dale Hospital, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg
Dale Hospital, opened in 1864
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Map of Worcester, 1878
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Lothrop's Opera House, 1891 advertisement
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Bird's-eye View of Worcester, MA.jpg
Worcester, ca.1905
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Group photo 1909 in front of Clark University. Front row: Sigmund Freud, G. Stanley Hall, Carl Jung; back row: Abraham A. Brill, Ernest Jones, Sándor Ferenczi
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Worcester Domestic Science School, 1914
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1919 map Worcester Massachusetts BPL.jpg
Map of Worcester, 1919
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Rice 1893.
- ↑ Sanford 1886.
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- ↑ Rice 1884.
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- ↑ Howland 1856.
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- ↑ Howland 1853.
- ↑ Mildred McClary Tymeson. Rural retrospect: a parallel history of Worcester and its Rural Cemetery. Worcester: Albert W. Rice. 1956. pp. 28-33.
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- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Howland 1865.
- ↑ Howland 1861.
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- ↑ Elwood Adams Hardware History
- ↑ Anniversary 1885.
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- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Worcester Magazine 1901.
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- ↑ 23.0 23.1 New York Times 2015.
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Bibliography
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