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Architect Patrick Tighe is based in Southern California these days, but he has deep Lowell roots. Today’s NYTimes’s Home section features photographs and an article about a house in Los Angeles designed by Patrick. Montee Karp and her husband Dr. Harvey Karp hired Patrick to transform their ocean-facing house. She…
Read More »From the Blog Achives ~ History, Politics Charles Sumner of Massachusetts Attacked in the U. S. Senate ~ May 22, 1856 May 22, 2013 Marie Leave a comment Edit MassMoments reminds us that on this day May 22, 1856, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was viciously attacked on the floor…
Read More »This coming Saturday, May 24, 2014 from 4pm until 6pm, the Greater Lowell Veterans Council will hold a Ham & Bean Supper at the Centralville Social Club, 364 West 6th Street in Lowell, to raise funds for the restoration of the recently discovered Solon Perkins Civil War battle flag (shown…
Read More »I was thinking about UMass Lowell’s Commencement the day after and made myself step back from the scene I was in to get a better sense of what was going on. The Tsongas Center on Saturday was a magnificent setting. When the pipes and drums started up, everyone in the…
Read More »Bill Nye the Science Guy at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center last night (Image courtesy of Facebook page of Chancellor Marty Meehan). This is Commencement Day at UMass Lowell, and it’s wet out there. The grizzled and frizzed-hair ink-stained scribes of the media world will use all their…
Read More »News from the Doors Open Lowell organizers: Looking forward to a fantastic Doors Open Lowell weekend, so come on out and discover some great historic buildings and architecture as you help celebrate National Preservation Month. Head towww.doorsopenlowell.org for a complete schedule of events. If you missed the program guide in Wednesday’s Lowell Sun,…
Read More »Perhaps that should say “re-introducing” because many readers will fondly remember Julie Mofford, a former staffer at the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, who currently lives in midcoast Maine where she writes and works as a museum and historical society consultant. Julie has agreed to contribute blog posts to richardhowe.com from…
Read More »This is a another cross-post from the Lowell Historical Society blog site… Lowell Historical Society curator Ryan Owen continues his search for those “forgotten finds” in the archives and he shares them with us. (You can learn more about the Lowell Historical Society by visiting the website.) Among the Artifacts: The Wooden…
Read More »Lowell National Historical Park News Release 2014 Excellence Awards Recognition For Community Contributors “During National Preservation Month, Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Heritage Partnership celebrate community efforts in the realms of historic preservation, cultural heritage, and volunteerism. Recognition of these accomplishments will occur at the kick-off of Doors Open…
Read More »Fifty years ago on a Sunday afternoon June 7, 1964, 90 Elementary Education Majors, 13 Secondary Education Majors, 27 Music Majors and 2 English Majors received their degrees from the Massachusetts State College at Lowell. With words of wisdom from the Rt. Reverend George Casey, Editor of the Archdiocese of…
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