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My blogging colleague Dick posted the list of guided walks on Saturdays this summer. Rosemary and I are leading a walk that will take in the highlights of the Lowell Public Art Collection, one of them being Ellen Rothenberg’s multi-piece sculpture at Lucy Larcom Park. For this artwork, one design…
Read More »The Lowell Cemetery as a Place of Public Art by Heidrun Ryan Cemeteries are, perhaps, of greatest importance to the living. The monuments are meant to be seen: while personal, they may also be a source of both history and art for the larger community. The Lowell Cemetery is intimately…
Read More »We lost a “local treasure” when Catherine Goodwin died last week. One of Catherine’s legacies – and there are many – is her reseach on the Lowell Cemetery. Through her tours, her book and interview with Lew Karabatsos – now on DVD, Catherine shared her love of Victorian cemetery history,…
Read More »Tomorrow morning (Saturday, August 28) at 9 a.m., Kim Zunino of the Lowell Historic Board will lead a tour of the School Street Cemetery. Surrounded by a stone wall in the midst of a century and a half old residential neighborhood, this cemetery is bounded by Branch, School and Middlesex…
Read More »Our fall season of guided tours of Lowell Cemetery commences this Saturday (August 14) at 10 am at the Knapp Avenue gate which is right next to Shedd Park. The tour is free, open to the public and requires no pre-registration. It takes about 90 minutes and involves walking over…
Read More »We’ve just scheduled several guided tours of historic Lowell Cemetery for the coming months. They are still a ways off, but you can at least get them on your schedule: Saturday – August 14 – 10 am Friday – September 10 – 1 pm Saturday – September 11 – 10…
Read More »Here’s some more information on Frederick Ayer to accompany Marie’s post from earlier today: Frederick Ayer died on March 14, 1918 in Thomasville, Georgia where he was spending the winter. He was 93 years old and had been one of Lowell’s wealthiest and most influential citizens. According to “The Biographical…
Read More »Tomorrow morning (Saturday, June 12, 2010) at 10 am, I’ll be leading a tour of historic Lowell Cemetery. We start at the Knapp Avenue gate which is right next to Shedd Park. There’s no charge and the tour takes about 90 minutes. Please consider joining us.
Read More »During the month of May, I conducted three “official” tours of the Lowell Cemetery but some folks who missed those events were still interested in seeing the cemetery so I will lead another tour this coming Saturday, June 12 beginning at 10 am from the Knapp Avenue Gate. The tour…
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