The Dorchester Historical Society is a non-profit

historical society A historical society (sometimes also preservation society) is an organization dedicated to preserving, collecting, researching, and interpreting historical information or items. Originally, these societies were created as a way to help future gen ...

devoted to telling the history of

Dorchester, Massachusetts Dorchester (colloquially referred to as Dot) is a Boston neighborhood comprising more than in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Originally, Dorchester was a separate town, founded by Puritans who emigrated in 1630 from Dorchester ...

since it was founded in 1630. The Dorchester Historical Society was "founded in 1843 and incorporated in 1891." The Historical Society is headquartered in the

William Clapp House The William Clapp House (1806) is a historic house located at 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts. It is the headquarters of the Dorchester Historical Society and contains many items from the society's collections, including 19th centur ...

and also operates several other historic house museums in Dorchester, including the James Blake House (c.1661), and

Captain Lemuel Clap House The Captain Lemuel Clap House (1767) is a historic house located at 199 Boston Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts. It is now owned by the Dorchester Historical Society, which opens the house for tours two afternoons per month. It is one of two ...

(

Clapp Houses The Clapp Houses are historic houses in Boston, Massachusetts. They currently house the Dorchester Historic Society, and are open to the public as house museums. Portions of the Captain Lemuel Clap House may have been built as early as 1633 b ...

) which are open for tours on third Sunday of each month from 11 AM to 4 PM.
Dorchester Historical Society: Our Properties

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