Timeline of Lowell, Massachusetts facts for kids

The following is a timeline of the history of Lowell, Massachusetts, US.

19th century

• 1822
  • Merrimack Manufacturing Company incorporated.
  • Hugh Cummiskley leads 30 Irishmen up the Middlesex Canal starting in Charlestown, Mass to Pawtucket falls in Chelmsford, Ma
• 1824
  • St. Anne's Church organized.
  • Lowell Daily Journal and Courier begins publication.
• 1825 - Middlesex Mechanic Association, Hamilton Manufacturing Company,and Mechanic Phalanx established.
• 1826
  • Town of Lowell established from Chelmsford land.
  • First Baptist Church and First Universalist Church organized.
  • Merrimack Journal newspaper in publication.
  • Central Bridge opens.
• 1827 - First Methodist Episcopal Church organized.
• 1828 - Appleton Company, Lowell Bank, and Lowell Manufacturing Company incorporated.
• 1829
  • Lowell Institution for Savings incorporated.
  • Lowell Fire Department established.
• 1830
  • Lawrence Manufacturing Company, Middlesex Company, Suffolk Manufacturing Company, and Tremont Mills incorporated.
  • Appleton Street Church, South Congregational Church, and Worthen Street Baptist Church established.
  • Town Hall built.
  • Population: 6,474.
• 1831
  • First Roman Catholic Church organized.
  • Railroad Bank incorporated.
• 1832 - Lowell Bleachery incorporated.
• 1833 - Police Court established.
• 1834
  • Women's labor strike.
  • First Freewill Baptist Church organized.
  • Lowell Advertiser and Lowell Patriot newspapers begin publication.
  • Lowell Circulating Library in business.
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, painter born.
• 1835
  • Boston and Lowell Railroad begins operating.
  • Boott Cotton Mills incorporated.
  • Lucy Larcom, teacher, poet and author moves to Lowell.
• 1836
  • City of Lowell incorporated.
  • Factory Girls' Association, Dispensary, Lowell Temperance Society, and Second Universalist Parish established.
• 1838
  • Nashua and Lowell Railroad begins operating.
  • County jail built.
• 1839
  • Massachusetts Cotton Mills incorporated.
  • Middlesex Horticultural Society and Lowell Medical Association founded.
• 1840
  • Hospital Association and Lowell Museum established.
  • Lowell Offering begins publication.
  • By now, Lowell mills had recruited over 8,000 Lowell mill girls.
  • Population: 20,796.
• 1841
  • Lowell Cemetery established.
  • Vox Populi newspaper begins publication.
• 1842 - Charles Dickens visits Lowell.
• 1843 - First Wesleyan Methodist Churchand Missionary Association established.
• 1844 - City Library, Lowell Female Labor Reform Association, and New Jerusalem Swedenborgian Church established.
• 1845 - Lowell Machine Shop incorporated.
• 1846
  • Lowell and Lawrence Railroad incorporated.
  • Jefferson Bancroft becomes mayor.
• 1847 - June: U.S. president Polk visits Lowell.
• 1848 - Francis floodgate and Colburn School built.
• 1850
  • Lowell Gas Light Company in business.
  • Salem and Lowell Railroad begins operating.
  • Middlesex County Law Library founded.
  • Court-House built.
  • Population: 33,383.
• 1851 - Lowell Daily Citizen newspaper begins publication.
• 1852 - May: Lajos Kossuth visits Lowell.
• 1853
  • Belvidere Woollen Manufacturing Company organized.
  • St. Patrick's Church and Merrimack Street Depot built.
• 1856 - Jail built.
• 1857 - Varnum School built.
• 1863 - High School Association organized.
• 1864 - Lowell Horse Railroad begins operating.
• 1865
  • United States Bunting Company in business.
  • Wamesit Power Company incorporated.
• 1867 - St. John's Hospital and Young Men's Christian Association established.
• 1868 - Old Franklin Literary Association and Old Residents' Historical Association organized.
• 1870 - Coggeshall's Circulating Library in business.
• 1873 - Young Women's Home established.
• 1875 - Riding Park, and Club Dramatique established.
• 1876
  • Moxie beverage invented.
  • Lowell Art Association founded.
• 1882 - Butler School built.
• 1883
  • Public Library opens.
  • Yorick Club active.
• 1887 - Board of Trade established.
• 1889 - Opera House built.
• 1890 - Population: 77,696.
• 1891 - Lowell General Hospital founded.
• 1893 - Lowell Post Office built.
• 1894 - Normal School and Middlesex Women's Club founded.
• 1895 - Middlesex Village School built.
• 1897 - Lowell Textile School opens.
• 1898 - Pawtucket Congregational Church built.
• 1900
  • Gaity Theatre opens.
  • Population: 94,969.

20th century

• 1902 - Lowell Historical Society incorporated.
• 1905 - Tewksbury's Wigginville neighborhood annexed to the City of Lowell.
• 1908 - Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church built.
• 1909 - Lowell's Merrimack Valley Course hosted a motor racing festival that featured four AAA-sanctioned championship car races.
• 1910 - Population: 106,294.
• 1911 - Colonial Theatre opens.
• 1917 - Demoulas Market (grocery) in business.
• 1918 - International Institute active.
• 1922 - Lowell Memorial Auditorium built.
• 1924 - Commodore Ballroom opens.
• 1925 - Edith Nourse Rogers becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
• 1927 - Victory Theater opens.
• 1930 - Post Office built.
• 1937 - Cawley Memorial Stadium built.
• 1942 - Lowell Ordnance Plant active.
• 1946 - New England Golden Gloves boxing tournament begins.
• 1951
  • WCAP (AM) radio begins broadcasting.
  • Monarch Diner in business.
• 1970 - Lowell Community Health Center established.[1]
• 1971 - Lowell Historic District Commission proposed by City Councilor M. Brendan Fleming approved by the Lowell City Council
• 1974 - Lowell Regional Transit Authority created.
• 1975
  • University of Massachusetts Lowell established.
  • Paul Tsongas becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
• 1976 - Wang Laboratories relocates to Lowell.
• 1978
  • Lowell National Historical Park established.
  • Yorick Club goes bankrupt.
• 1979
  • B. Joseph Tully becomes city manager.
  • Merrimack Regional Theatre active.
• 1980
  • Wang headquarters construction begins.
  • Population: 92,418.
• 1983 - Lowell Historic Board and Downtown Lowell Historic District established.
• 1987
  • Middlesex Community College opens campus in Lowell.
  • New England Quilt Museum founded.
• 1989
  • Glory Buddhist Temple established.
  • Sister city relationship established with Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France.
• 1990
  • Lowell Folk Festival begins.
  • Baystate Marathon begins.
• 1991
  • Richard Johnson becomes city manager.
  • University of Massachusetts' Industrial History Center established.
• 1992 - August: Wang goes bankrupt.
• 1995
  • Brian J. Martin becomes city manager.
  • Chamber of Commerce formed.
• 1996
  • Lowell Spinners baseball team founded.
  • Stoklosa Alumni Field opens.
• 1997
  • Showcase Cinema in business.
  • Merrimack Valley Textile Museum relocated to Lowell.
• 1998
  • Edward A. LeLacheur Park and Paul E. Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell open.
  • Lowell Lock Monsters hockey team formed.
  • City website online (approximate date).

21st century

• 2000
  • John Cox becomes city manager.
  • String Project (music education) established.
• 2001
  • Cultural Organization of Lowell established.
  • Winterfest begins.
  • Sister city relationships established with Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, Cambodia.
• 2006
  • Bernard Lynch becomes city manager.
  • Shree Swaminarayan Temple established.
  • Sister city relationship established with Bryansk, Russia.
• 2007 - Niki Tsongas becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
• 2010
  • Patrick O. Murphy becomes mayor.
  • Sister city relationship established with Winneba, Ghana.
  • Population: 106,519.
• 2014
  • July: Fire.
  • Kevin Murphy becomes city manager.[2]

Images for kids

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  Lowell Bleachery, incorporated 1832

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  Lowell, 1834

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  Jail, built 1856

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  Advertisements, 1875

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  Map of Lowell, 1876