| Memorials are meant to honor and preserve the memory of a person or an event. This website is an effort to list all of
the public memorials in the town of Winthrop, Mass., and
provide information on who the people are who have been honored. Please send any additions, corrections, suggestions, or comments to contact@winthropmemorials.org |
| Winthrop Information Resource |
| MBTA Community Section 3A Zoning Program |
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| Proposed New Winthrop Fire Station |
| Efforts by the town to build a new fire station |
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| Historic Winthrop Newspapers |
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| Winthrop Public Library card holders can now read historic Winthrop newspapers dating from 1882-1977 |
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| Winthrop Town Memorials Map |
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| The History of the Public Library in Winthrop |
 2024 is the 125th anniversary of the Winthrop Public Library.
Read about
the early years
before Eliza Frost’s donation,
then seventy years, George Hyde’s gift. |
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| Winthrop Historians |
Winthrop has been fortunate to have had many local individuals take the time to write
detailed histories of the town
Click here |
| The Winthrop Town Seal |
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| In the book, Town and City Seals of Massachusetts, noted town historian Sidvin Tucker describes Winthrop’s Town Seal, and provides a perspective of the town in 1950. |
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| Historic Railroad Map |
Download detailed map showing
locations of all the former railroad lines
and stations in Winthrop |
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| Proposals for former Middle School Site |
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| History of Winthrop Massachusetts
1630-1952 |
By William H. Clark
Winthrop Centennial Committee, Winthrop, Massaschusetts - 1952
Click here for text version. |
Winthrop, Mass. - Our Streets,
How we got them and their Names |
By Channing Howard - 1950
Click here for text version. |
| MACRIS Winthrop |
The Massachusetts Historical Commission's Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS) database records on Winthrop
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| The Great Allotment: Pullen Point's First Land Owners |
The 15 men ganted land, who they were, what they were known for, their families,
and selected information on noteworthy descendants, locations, and objects
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| The Whorf Family in Winthrop |
Members of this exceptionally talented family made contributions locally and nationally. Winthrop is where it all began.
Click here |
| Eight Names on a Wall |
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| Oral-history study done by Ellen Pinzur in 1990 examines the
creation of the Vietnam War Memorial at Winthrop High School |
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| An Insane Asylum in Winthrop |
Some of earliest photographs of Winthrop were taken in 1868 as part of a effort aimed at convincing Boston officials that the Winthrop Highlands would be the best location for a new asylum for the insane
Click here |
| History of Winthrop, Massachusetts |
By Edward Rowe Snow, 1939 Boston University Masters Thesis
Click here for ebook and text version. |
| Historic Winthrop
1630-1902 |
A Concise History of Winthrop Compiled by Charles W. Hall
Click here for text version. |
Winthrop Days, And A Half Century With The Trees
1855-1905 |
By Mary Priscilla Griffin
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| Winthrop "Then and Now" Columns
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Winthrop historian G. David Hubbard's weekly column has been a regular
feature of the Winthrop Transcript for many years
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