Old Colony public housing development opens.

May 31, 1940

(May) Architect: Henry & Richards. It is located at today’s 25 James O’Neil Street (then 265 East Ninth Street). Subsequent residents include future author Michael Patrick McDonald and future Congressman Stephen Lynch. The complex is renovated under the Hope VI program in 2014 and renamed the Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony. [873]

Sources
  • Morgan, Keith N.
  • Boston Muncipal Register
  • Boston Housing Authority