Titus Sparrow: The Tennis Ace who Brought Courts Back to BostonYou are here:HomeHistoryTopicAfrican AmericansTitus Sparrow: The Tennis Ace… Renowned tennis player and Boston native, Titus Sparrow (1908-1974), recognized that a city owed its residents more than just roads and bridges. During a long career in which he taught hundreds of young tennis players, Sparrow advocated| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
The West End was a backdrop of national history, in addition to local memory. President John F. Kennedy’s life as a veteran and public servant intersected with the West End community in subtle yet significant ways.| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
The Brief Reign of Daniel A. Whelton, Mayor of BostonYou are here:HomeHistoryEraImmigrant NeighborhoodThe Brief Reign of Daniel… On September 14, 1905, Bostonians were shocked by the sudden death of their mayor, Patrick Collins. Collins died from an acute attack of gastritis at the Homestead Hotel in Hot Springs, Virginia, where he had been recuperating “from| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
Destruction and Disappointment: The Legacy of Boston’s Central ArteryYou are here:HomeHistoryTopicCity PlanningDestruction and Disappointment: The Legacy… Boston’s Central Artery promised relief to the city’s traffic dilemma, but as with most major building projects of the mid-20th century, it brought demolition, displacement, and ultimately disappointment. Less than 20 years after the first automobiles hit the dirt| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
West End History Today it is one of Boston’s great economic engines and most overlooked residential neighborhoods, but what was the character of the West End when British guns roared from its shores towards Bunker Hill, or as it turned out miles of rope for Boston’s merchantmen? The history of the West End is a| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
The West End News: Headlines in the Summer of 1926One Summer in the West End, Part TwoYou are here:HomeHistoryTopicArt & LiteratureThe West End News: Headlines… Over the course of four months in the summer of 1926, Lou Coffee and Francis R. Whelton published a newspaper by West Enders for West Enders. These papers gave a| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
William Cooper Nell, the United States' first Black historian, was an intellectual and abolitionist who became an integral part of The Liberator's staff and advocate for Black rights. He was also the first Black person to serve in the federal civil service, and was deeply involved in desegregating Boston schools.| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
Frances Appleton and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A Romance Spanning the West Boston BridgeYou are here:HomeHistoryTopicArt & LiteratureFrances Appleton and Henry Wadsworth… Two modern day bridges, the Longfellow Bridge and the Frances Appleton Footbridge reflect the love story of one of America’s great poets. The journey to Longfellow and Appleton's happy marriage is tied to Longfellow’s| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
The West End played a key role in defining the U.S. jurisprudence surrounding the execution and maintenance of contracts set out in the U.S. Constitution in two major cases: Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge & Fletcher v. Peck.| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
Eminent Domain Part 2: Use in Early AmericaYou are here:HomeHistoryEraOtherEminent Domain Part 2: Use… Eminent domain is the right of the state to seize the private property of an individual for a public purpose with just compensation. This is the second article in a series of three. This article will discuss the use of eminent| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
Boston, like its West End, is no stranger to marked population changes. Recent studies have predicted further transformations for Boston’s and Massachusetts’ populations that could have meaningful economic and political impacts. Such changes, current and future, are influenced by various interrelated factors: immigration patterns, cost of living, major disruptors, anchor institutions, and global population growth rate.| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
