Timeline of Lynn, Massachusetts
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The following is a timeline of the history of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
17th-18th century
- 1629 - Saugus founded. [1] Among the founders — Edmund Ingalls
- 1637 - Saugus renamed to Lynn in honor of Reverend Samuel Whiting (Senior), Lynn's first official minister who arrived from King's Lynn.[2][1]
- 1642 - Saugus Iron Works in business.[1]
- 1644 - Reading separates from Lynn.[1]
- 1720 - Lynnfield burying-ground established.[3]
- 1732 - Saugus burying-ground established.[3]
- 1782 - Lynnfield separates from Lynn.[1]
- 1793 - Post office in operation.[3]
- 1797 - Population: 2,291.[4]
19th century
- 1803 - Floating Bridge constructed on Salem-Boston turnpike.[3]
- 1810 - Population: 4,087.[5]
- 1812 - Eastern Burial-Place established.[3]
- 1814 - Town House built.[6]
- 1815
- 1830 - Lynn Record newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1838
- Eastern Railroad in operation.[6]
- Lynn Natural History Society formed.[9]
- 1840 - Population: 9,367.[5]
- 1841
- Lyceum building constructed.[10]
- Frederick Douglass moves to Lynn.[11]
- September 28 - Frederick Douglass is thrown off[12] the Eastern Railroad train at Lynn Central Square station for refusing to sit in the segregated coach[13][14][15]
- 1845 Frederick Douglass writes his first autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave[13] while living in Lynn
- 1847 - High Rock Cottage (also called "Stone Cottage") is built by Alonzo Lewis[16] for Jesse Hutchinson[17]
- 1848 - First High Rock Tower built.[18][17]
- 1850
- May 14 - City of Lynn incorporated.[19][1]
- George Hood becomes mayor.
- Pine Grove Cemetery consecrated.[3]
- 1851 - First High School built.
- 1852
- May - Swampscott separates from Lynn.[1]
- June - Benjamin Franklin Mudge becomes mayor.
- 1853
- February - Saugus Branch Railroad opens for passengers with four stations in Lynn. Lynn's Andrews Breed is the railroad's first superintendent.[20][21]
- March - Nahant separates from Lynn.[1]
- April - Daniel C. Baker becomes mayor.
- 1854 - Lynn Weekly Reporter newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1855
- Andrews Breed becomes mayor.
- Lynn Library Association organized.[7]
- 1856
- Ezra W. Mudge becomes mayor.
- African Methodist Episcopal Church established.[6]
- 1858
- William F. Johnson becomes mayor.
- Telegraph in service.
- St. Mary's Cemetery consecrated.[3]
- 1859 - Edward S. Davis becomes mayor.
- 1860 - 1860 New England Shoemakers Strike begins in Lynn
- 1861 - Hiram N. Breed becomes mayor.
- 1862
- Peter M. Neal becomes mayor.
- Free Public Library established.[22][1]
- 1863 - Boston & Lynn Horse Railroad begins operating.[23]
- 1865
- April 19 - original High Rock Tower destroyed by fire
- 1866
- Roland G. Usher becomes mayor.
- Mary Baker Eddy experiences the fall in Lynn, believed by Christian Scientists to mark the birth of their religion.[24]
- 1867
- 1868 - Young Men's Christian Association organized.[10]
- 1870
- Edwin Walden becomes mayor.
- Music Hall opens.[10]
- 1872
- Labor strike by shoemakers.[26]
- James N. Buffum becomes mayor.
- Odd Fellows Hall built.[6]
- Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad chartered.[21]
- 1873
- Jacob M. Lewis becomes mayor.
- Soldiers' Monument installed.[6]
- 1876 - Lynn City Item newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1877 - Samuel M. Bubier becomes mayor.
- 1879
- January - George Plaisted Sanderson becomes mayor.
- June - 250th anniversary of settlement.[27]
- 1880 - Lynn Masonic Hall built.
- 1881
- Henry B. Lovering elected mayor.
- Lynn Woods established.[28]
- St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church built.
- Saint Mary's Boys High School established.
- 1882 - Lynn's Henry B. Lovering is elected to the United States House of Representatives.
- 1883
- William L. Baird becomes mayor.
- Thomson-Houston Electric Company in business.
- 1885
- John R. Baldwin becomes mayor.
- G.A.R. Hall built.
- 1886 - George D. Hart becomes mayor.
- 1887
- English High School established.
- Henry Cabot Lodge becomes Massachusetts's 6th congressional district representative.[29]
- 1888
- March 11–14 Lynn and all of Massachusetts are crippled by the Great Blizzard of 1888[30]
- George C. Higgins becomes mayor.
- Thomson-Houston Electric Company powers the first electric streetcar in Massachusetts:[31] the Highland Circuit of the Lynn & Boston Railway Company[32]
- 1889
- Asa T. Newhall becomes mayor.
- A fire sweeps through the downtown, destroying a large swath of commercial and retail space.
- 1890 - Fabens Building and Tapley Building constructed.
- 1891
- E. Knowlton Fogg becomes mayor.
- Lynn Bank Block and Mowers' Block built.
- 1892
- Elihu B. Hayes becomes mayor.
- General Electric formed by a merger of Edison General Electric Company of Schenectady, New York and Thomson-Houston Electric Company of Lynn.[33]
- Lynn English High School on Essex Street opens[34]
- Lynn Classical High School opened.
- 1893 - Lynn Armory built.
- 1894 - Charles E. Harwood becomes mayor.
- 1895 - Boston and Maine's Central Square station rebuilt.[35]
- 1896
- Eugene A. Besson becomes mayor.
- Post Office built.
- 1897
- Walter L. Ramsdell becomes mayor.
- Lynn Historical Society incorporated.
- 1898 - Lynn Public Library built.
- 1899 - William Shepherd becomes mayor.
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 68,513.[1]
- 1903
- Henry W. Eastham becomes mayor.
- Vamp Building constructed.
- 1904
- second High Rock Tower constructed [36]
- 1905
- St. Michael the Archangel Parish established.
- 431 factories in Lynn.[1]
- 1906 - Charles Neal Barney becomes mayor.
- 1907 Lynndyl, Utah, a town named after Lynn, is founded.
- 1908 - Thomas F. Porter becomes mayor.
- 1909 - James E. Rich becomes mayor.
- 1910 - Population: 89,336.[1]
- 1911 - William P. Connery, Sr. becomes mayor.
- 1913
- George H. Newhall becomes mayor.
- Chamber of Commerce established.[3]
- 1916 - James Street addition to the original Lynn English High School opens
- 1918 - Walter H. Creamer becomes mayor.
- 1921 - Bridge rebuilt on Salem-Boston turnpike.[3]
- 1922
- Harland A. McPhetres becomes mayor.
- Lynn's William P. Connery, Jr. is elected to the United States House of Representatives.
- 1924
- March 29 - Fire destroys the 1892 portion of the original Lynn English High School[37]
- 1926 - Ralph S. Bauer becomes mayor.
- 1928 - An explosion at the Preble Box Toe Company factory kills 20.[38]
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- 1930
- Population: 102,320.
- J. Fred Manning becomes mayor.
- 1933 - United States Post Office–Lynn Main built.
- 1937
- March 28 - Highland Circuit electric streetcar line (first electric trolley in Massachusetts) is converted to motor bus operations
- June - Congressman William P. Connery, Jr. dies.
- September - Lawrence J. Connery elected to fill his late brother's Congressional seat.
- November 24 - Manning Bowl stadium opens.
- 1938 - Capitol Diner in business.
- 1940
- Albert Cole becomes mayor.
- Fraser Field opens.
- 1943
- River Works plant opens.
- Mayor Albert Cole resigns to serve in U.S. Army. Arthur J. Frawley becomes acting mayor.
- 1944
- Arthur J. Frawley elected mayor.
- 1946
- Albert Cole becomes mayor.
- Lynn Red Sox baseball team active.
- 1947
- Lynn Vocational and Technical Institute established (approximate date).[citation needed]
- WLYN goes on the air.
- 1949
- City Hall built.
- Lynn Tigers baseball team active.
- 1948 - Stuart A. Tarr becomes mayor.
- 1952
- Arthur J. Frawley becomes mayor.
- Boston and Maine's Central Square station rebuilt.[35]
- 1953 - Lynn's Harry Agganis signs with the Boston Red Sox.
- 1955 - Harry Agganis dies at the age of 26.
- 1956 - Thomas P. Costin, Jr. becomes mayor.
- Musician Brian Maes is born.
- 1959 - The Chicago Bears defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 24–21 in the Cardinal Cushing Charity Game held at the Manning Bowl.
- 1960 - Lynn Sunday Post begins publication.[8]
- 1961
- July - Mayor Thomas P. Costin, Jr. resigns to become Postmaster of Lynn. M. Henry Wall becomes acting mayor.
- November - M. Henry Wall elected mayor.
- 1963 - WBWL begins broadcasting.
- 1965 - North Shore Community College established
- 1966
- Irving E. Kane becomes mayor.
- The Rolling Stones kick off their North American Tour at the Manning Bowl.
- 1970 - J. Warren Cassidy becomes mayor.
- 1972
- January - Pasquale Caggiano becomes mayor.
- April - Pasquale Caggiano dies. Walter F. Meserve becomes acting mayor.
- July - Antonio J. Marino becomes mayor.
- Plans to construct Interstate 95 through Lynn and Lynn Woods Reservation are scrapped[39][40]
- 1974 - David L. Phillips becomes mayor.
- 1975
- Lynn's Thomas W. McGee becomes Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Great Stew Chase footrace begins.
- 1976 - Antonio J. Marino becomes mayor.
- 1980 - Lynn Sailors baseball team formed.
- 1981 - November - Fire levels approximately three square blocks of the downtown, destroying 17 buildings[41]
- 1982 - Lynn Sailors relocate to Burlington, Vermont.
- 1986 - Albert V. DiVirgilio becomes mayor.
- 1990 - The Bay State Titans, a semi-pro football team, is established. The team's Defensive Tackle, Eric Swann, would be selected with the sixth overall pick in the 1991 NFL draft.
- 1992
- Patrick J. McManus becomes mayor.
- Central Square - Lynn MBTA station rebuilt.[35]
- 1999 - New Lynn Classical High School building opened.
21st century
- 2001 - City website online (approximate date).[42]
- 2002 - Edward J. Clancy, Jr. becomes mayor.
- 2003 - North Shore Spirit baseball team begins play.
- Madeline Maes is born.
- 2004 - Regina Maes is born.
- 2005 - Manning Bowl is demolished and replaced by Manning Field.
- 2007 - North Shore Spirit cease operations.
- 2008 - North Shore Navigators baseball team relocates to Lynn.
- 2010
- Population: 90,329.
- Judith Flanagan Kennedy becomes Lynn's first female mayor.
- 2011 - KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate (High School) holds its first class.
- 2012 - KIPP Academy Lynn opens doors the Highlands.
- 2014 - Seasonal ferry service to/from Boston is established
- 2016 - Ferry service is suspended
- 2017 - Ferry service resumes
- 2018
- 200th birthday of Frederick Douglass is celebrated throughout the year[43][44]
- Thomas M. McGee becomes mayor
- Ferry service is suspended
- 2021
- August 18: The Frederick Douglass Park is dedicated, directly across the street from the site of the Central Square railroad depot where Douglass was forcibly removed from the train in 1841.[45]
- 2022
- January 3: Jared C. Nicholson is sworn in as the 58th Mayor
See also
- Lynn history
- List of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Lynn, Massachusetts
- Timelines of other municipalities in Essex County, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Haverhill, Lawrence, Newburyport, Salem
- History of Massachusetts
