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Timeline of Lowell, Massachusetts

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

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19th century

  • 1822
  • 1824
    • St. Anne's Church organized.[3]
    • Lowell Daily Journal and Courier begins publication.[4]
  • 1825 - Middlesex Mechanic Association,[5] Hamilton Manufacturing Company,[3]and Mechanic Phalanx established.[6]
  • 1826
    • Town of Lowell established from Chelmsford land.[7]
    • First Baptist Church and First Universalist Church organized.[3]
    • Merrimack Journal newspaper in publication.[8]
    • Central Bridge opens.[9]
  • 1827 - First Methodist Episcopal Church organized.[3]
  • 1828 - Appleton Company, Lowell Bank, and Lowell Manufacturing Company incorporated.[3]
  • 1829
    • Lowell Institution for Savings incorporated.[3]
    • Lowell Fire Department established.[9]
  • 1830
    • Lawrence Manufacturing Company, Middlesex Company, Suffolk Manufacturing Company, and Tremont Mills incorporated.[3]
    • Appleton Street Church, South Congregational Church, and Worthen Street Baptist Church established.[3]
    • Town Hall built.[10]
    • Population: 6,474.[11]
  • 1831
    • First Roman Catholic Church organized.[3]
    • Railroad Bank incorporated.[3]
  • 1832 - Lowell Bleachery incorporated.[3]
  • 1833 - Police Court established.[12]
  • 1834
  • 1835
  • 1836
    • City of Lowell incorporated.[15]
    • Factory Girls' Association,[13] Dispensary,[6] Lowell Temperance Society,[6] and Second Universalist Parish[9] established.
  • 1838
    • Nashua and Lowell Railroad begins operating.[4]
    • County jail built.[10]
  • 1839
    • Massachusetts Cotton Mills incorporated.[9]
    • Middlesex Horticultural Society[9] and Lowell Medical Association[16] founded.
  • 1840
  • 1841
  • 1842 - Charles Dickens visits Lowell.[7]
  • 1843 - First Wesleyan Methodist Church[3]and Missionary Association established.[4]
  • 1844 - City Library,[14] Lowell Female Labor Reform Association,[17] and New Jerusalem Swedenborgian Church established.[3]
  • 1845 - Lowell Machine Shop incorporated.[3]
  • 1846
  • 1847 - June: U.S. president Polk visits Lowell.[18]
  • 1848 - Francis floodgate[1] and Colburn School built.
  • 1850
    • Lowell Gas Light Company in business.[4]
    • Salem and Lowell Railroad begins operating.[4]
    • Middlesex County Law Library founded.[14]
    • Court-House built.[10]
    • Population: 33,383.[11]
  • 1851 - Lowell Daily Citizen newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1852 - May: Lajos Kossuth visits Lowell.[18]
  • 1853
  • 1856 - Jail built.[10]
  • 1857 - Varnum School built.
  • 1863 - High School Association organized.[12]
  • 1864 - Lowell Horse Railroad begins operating.[12]
  • 1865
    • United States Bunting Company in business.[19]
    • Wamesit Power Company incorporated.[19]
  • 1867 - St. John's Hospital and Young Men's Christian Association established.[12][20]
  • 1868 - Old Franklin Literary Association[19] and Old Residents' Historical Association organized.[21]
  • 1870 - Coggeshall's Circulating Library in business.[14]
  • 1873 - Young Women's Home established.[19]
  • 1875 - Riding Park, and Club Dramatique established.[19]
  • 1876
    • Moxie beverage invented.[22]
    • Lowell Art Association founded.
  • 1882 - Butler School built.
  • 1883
  • 1887 - Board of Trade established.[23]
  • 1889 - Opera House built.
  • 1890 - Population: 77,696.[7]
  • 1891 - Lowell General Hospital founded.[24][20]
  • 1893 - Lowell Post Office built.
  • 1894 - Normal School[1] and Middlesex Women's Club[9] founded.
  • 1895 - Middlesex Village School built.[9]
  • 1897 - Lowell Textile School opens.[1][7]
  • 1898 - Pawtucket Congregational Church built.
  • 1900
    • Gaity Theatre opens.[25]
    • Population: 94,969.[7]

20th century

21st century

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