Map: West Roxbury became part of Boston in 1874

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Map of Boston for 1874
Increase of Boston by annexation and otherwise, since 1865.

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October 7 at 5:44am

Hello Boston map lovers! It’s Charlotte, one of the Gallery Attendants at the Leventhal Map Center. Happy 144th Ann(ex)iversary, Charlestown, Brighton, and West Roxbury! On this day in 1873, Charlestown, Brighton, and West Roxbury (including present-day Jamaica Plain and Roslindale) voted to be annexed by the city of Boston. In an era of growth and industrialization, a larger municipality was better able to manage water and industry. This 1874 map by Sampson, Davenport, & Co. shows Boston’s growth by annexation in the late nineteenth century. Check out the key: the faint yellow area shows Brighton, Charlestown, and West Roxbury, which voted to join on October 7, 1873. They officially became part of Boston in 1874.

(What about Brookline? On the same day, Brookline voted against annexation. However, it donated a strip of land along Commonwealth Avenue so that Boston could connect to Brighton).

[Boston.] Sampson, Davenport, & Co. “Map of Boston for 1874.” 1874. http://bit.ly/2yiCM1G

For more information, check out the Brighton Allston Historical Society, the Jamaica Plain Historical Society, the Charlestown Historical Society, the West Roxbury Historical Society, and Lawrence W. Kennedy's book, Planning the City Upon a Hill: Boston Since 1630.
#Brighton #Allston #WestRoxbury #JamaicaPlain #JP #Roslindale #Brookline #BostonHistory #LocalHistory #Annexation #CityofBoston #Boston #BostonPublicLibrary #BPLmaps #BPL

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West Roxbury Historical Society  Thanks
October 7 at 7:25am

Brighton Allston Historical Society  Thanks from Brighton!
October 7 at 8:55pm

Micah Evans  Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, was this map printed in an almanac? What is the source publication for this map? This is fantastic! I’d never seen this map before.
October 8 at 5:25pm

Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library  This map was printed for the Boston Almanac and Boston Directory. Glad you like it!
October 10 at 8:11am

https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:7h149v183
Map of Boston for 1874
         Item Information
Title: Map of Boston for 1874 Creator:Sampson, Davenport & Co Date: 1874
 Format: Maps/Atlases
 Location: Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection (local): Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects: Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Places: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Publisher: Boston : The Co.
Notes: Published expressly for the Boston Almanac & Boston Directory.
 Shows in various colors the lands that have been annexed to Boston since 1865.
Includes chart: Increase of Boston by annexation and otherwise, since 1865.
 Advertisement on verso.
 Differs from other edition by imprint and chart.