Roxbury 1852

The first half of Roxbury’s two-map story: early settlement, farmland, population change, religion, and the beginnings of industrialization.

CollectionNeighborhoods

Edition / era1852

Print format24 × 36 in

OrientationPortrait

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Original Historical Boston map print by Ed McCarthy.

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The story on the map

A closer look at Roxbury in 1852.

The 1852 Roxbury plate begins with the town’s seventeenth-century settlement and carries the narrative toward industrialization. It emphasizes the extent of the early agricultural landscape, changing communities, religious development, and the roads and waterways that shaped Roxbury.

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Roxbury 2012

The second half of the Roxbury set, following farmland, brooks, ponds, housing, industry, population, and social change into the modern neighborhood.

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