Timeline of Waltham, Massachusetts
The following is a timeline of the history of Waltham, Massachusetts, United States.
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Prior to 19th century
- Pre-1703 - Old myth Waltham was first founded by vikings.
- 1703 - Grove Hill Cemetery established.
- 1738 - Town of Waltham incorporated from Watertown, Massachusetts.
- 1755 - Part of Cambridge annexed to Waltham.[1]
- 1793 - The Vale (residence) built.
19th century
- 1810 - Waltham Cotton and Wool Factory Company formed.[2]
- 1813 - Boston Manufacturing Company in business.[3]
- 1820
- First Congregational Church founded.
- Manufacturers' Library active.[4]
- Waltham Bleachery built.[5]
- 1827 - Rumford Institute organized.[6][7]
- 1833 - The Hive newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1835 - Waltham Bank established.[2]
- 1837 - Methodist Episcopal Church organized.[9]
- 1849
- Part of Newton annexed to Waltham.[1]
- Christ Episcopal Church built.
- 1851 - Tornado.[10]
- 1852 - Baptist Church organized.[9]
- 1853 - Waltham Gas Light Company incorporated.[6]
- 1854 - American Horologe Company relocates to Waltham.[11]
- 1856 - Waltham Sentinel newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1857
- Waltham and Watertown Railroad constructed.[12]
- Mount Feake Cemetery established.
- Waltham Agricultural Library Association formed.[2]
- 1859 - Town of Belmont separates from Waltham.[1]
- 1863 - Waltham Free Press begins publication.[8]
- 1865 - Public Library founded.[4]
- 1866 - Emmet Literary Association formed.[9]
- 1870
- 1876
- 1879 - Leland Home for aged women established.[1]
- 1880 - Music Hall built.[2]
- 1881 - Emery Wheel Company in business.[15]
- 1882 - Parmenter Crayon Company chartered.[16]
- 1884
- City of Waltham incorporated.
- Harrington Block built.
- 1885
- 1886 - Robert Treat Paine Estate built.
- 1888 - Sesquicentennial.[17]
- 1890
- Population: 18,707.[1]
- Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded relocates to Waltham.[18]
- 1891 - O'Hara Waltham Dial Company organized.[11]
- 1893
- Waltham Evening News begins publication.[8]
- Waltham Manufacturing Company established.[19]
- Beaver Brook Reservation and Charles River Reservation established.
- 1894
- Linden Street Bridge constructed.
- Waltham Bicycle Park opens.[19]
20th century
- 1902 - Metz Company in business.
- 1908 - Company F State Armory built.
- 1910 - Population: 27,834.[1]
- 1915 - Waltham Historical Society incorporated.[20]
- 1924 - Waltham News Tribune newspaper in publication.[8]
- 1928 - Middlesex College of Medicine and Surgery relocates to Waltham.
- 1933 - First Parish Church rebuilt.
- 1935 - Gore Place Society founded.[21]
- 1936 - Hovey Players (theatre group) founded.[22][23]
- 1938 - County Courthouse built.
- 1941 - Waltham Garden Club founded.[24]
- 1948 - Brandeis University established.
- 1961 - Rose Art Museum founded at Brandeis University.
- 1968
- Bentley University relocates to Waltham.
- WBRS on air.
- 1970 - Population: 61,582.
- 1971
- Waltham Museum established.[25]
- Robert Drinan becomes Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district representative.
- 1975 - Aerosmith musical group rents Wherehouse.
- 1976 - Waltham Mills Artists Association open studios begins (approximate date)[26]
- 1980 - Charles River Museum of Industry established.
- 1982 - Parexel International Corporation headquartered in Waltham.
- 1985 - Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra formed.[27]
- 1987 - Joseph P. Kennedy II becomes Massachusetts's 8th congressional district representative.
- 1988 - Global Petroleum Corporation headquartered in Waltham (approximate date).[28]
- 1995 - Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. headquartered in Waltham.
- 1996
- Lionbridge Technologies Inc. headquartered in Waltham.
- City website online.[29][30]
- 1999 - Waltham Land Trust incorporated.[31]
21st century
- 2003 - Raytheon Company and Roving Software Inc. headquartered in Waltham.
- 2004
- 2006 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. headquartered in Waltham.
- 2007
- PerkinElmer, Inc. headquartered in Waltham.
- Waltham Symphony Orchestra formed.
- 2010 - Population: 60,632.
- 2011
- A triple homicide occurs on September 11.[34]
- Steampunk City festival begins.[35]
- 2013 - Katherine Clark becomes Massachusetts's 5th congressional district representative.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Waltham, Massachusetts
- History of Watertown, 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 Worcester, Massachusetts
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Barry 1887.
- ↑ Robert F. Dalzell Jr. (1987). Enterprising elite: the Boston Associates and the world they made. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674257650.
- 1 2 Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Gleason's Pictorial". 1853.
- 1 2 Massachusetts Register. 1856.
- ↑ "Rumford Institute Records, 1826-1887". OCLC WorldCat.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- 1 2 3 Greenough 1882.
- ↑ Charles Brooks (1852). "The tornado of 1851, in Medford, West Cambridge and Waltham, Middlesex County, Mass". Boston: J. M. Usher. OCLC 1835870.
- 1 2 Eaton 1906.
- ↑ Henry Varnum Poor (1860). "History of the railroads and canals of the United States". New York: J.H. Schultz. OCLC 11435390.
- ↑ "Waltham Horological School". Jewelers Review. April 12, 1899.
- ↑ International Pub. Co. 1887.
- ↑ Illustrated Boston 1889.
- ↑ "Obituary: Zenas Parmenter". American Stationer. July 1891.
- ↑ Sesqui-Centennial 1888.
- ↑ "asylumprojects.org".
- 1 2 Waltham Museum Inc. "Charles H. Metz and the Waltham Manufacturing Collection: Finding Aid and Inventory" (PDF).
- ↑ "List of Historical Societies in Massachusetts". Old-Time New England. July 1921.
- ↑ "Gore Place". Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ "History". Waltham: Hovey Players. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Member Directory". Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Waltham Garden Club". Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Waltham Museum Inc.". Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ Boston Globe - Oct 30, 1996
- ↑ "Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra". Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ Waltham City Directory, 1987–1988, p. 130 – via Waltham Public Library,
Global Petroleum Corp.
- ↑ "City of Waltham". Archived from the original on January 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Waltham Relaunches Official Web Site", Daily News Tribune, June 2, 2002 – via Waltham Public Library
- ↑ "Waltham Land Trust". Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Massachusetts". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Slain Boston Bomb Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Eyed in Jewish Triple Murder". Forward. September 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Watch City Festival". Retrieved September 28, 2012.
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- Charles Alexander Nelson (1879). "Waltham, past and present; and its industries". Cambridge: J. Ford & Son, printers.
- Directory of ... Waltham and Watertown. W.A. Greenough & Co. 1882.
- Ephraim L. Barry (1887). "City of Waltham, Massachusetts". Waltham Board of Trade.
- "City of Waltham". Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of Eastern Massachusetts. New York: International Pub. Co. 1887. OCLC 12950135.
- Proceedings at the Celebration of the Sesqui-Centennial of the Town of Waltham, held in Music Hall, on Monday, January 16th, 1888.
- "City of Waltham". Illustrated Boston: the Metropolis of New England (2nd ed.). New York: American Publishing and Engraving Co. 1889.
- Daniel P. Toomey (1892). "Waltham". Massachusetts of Today. Boston: Columbia Publishing Company.
- "Waltham". Anthony's standard business directory and reference book of Woburn, Winchester, Arlington, Lexington, Belmont, Watertown, Waltham, Newton, Massachusetts. Anthony Publishing Co. 1898.
- Published in the 20th century
- Percival R. Eaton (May 1906). "Works of the Watch City". New England Magazine.
- "Waltham", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Waltham", Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, American Guide Series, Cambridge: Riverside Press
External links
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Images
- Waltham, 1793
- Waltham Bank currency, 1862
- Waltham Sentinel, 1864
- Map of Waltham, 1877
- Advertisement, Parment Crayon Co., 1892
- Advertisement for Metz Co., 1910
Coordinates: 42°22′50″N 71°14′06″W / 42.380596°N 71.235005°W
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