• Source: Timeline of Lowell, Massachusetts

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]




See also


History of Lowell, Massachusetts
List of mayors and city managers of Lowell, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowell, Massachusetts
Timelines of other municipalities in Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham




References






Bibliography






External links



Richard F. Leach; Eileen Loucraft. "Lowell History Chronology". Lowell Historical Society.
Items related to Lowell, Mass., various dates (via Digital Commonwealth)
Items related to Lowell, Mass., various dates (via US Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)
University of Massachusetts Lowell. Center for Lowell History
Items related to Lowell, Massachusetts, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
"Lowell, Massachusetts". Ballotpedia. Wisconsin: Lucy Burns Institute.




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