Sculptor Evelyn Longman and the Slocum Monument at Forest Hills Cemetery

There are four sculptures by Daniel Chester French at Forest Hills Cemetery but one is actually largely the work of his only woman assistant, his protégé Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1874 -1954). Longman was French’s only female assistant but went on to be a well-known sculpture in her own right. She successfully practiced her art creating both public and private commissions for 50 years.

VictorianJamaica Plain Historical SocietyNovember 9, 2021Women's History, scuplture, Richard Heath

A History of St. Thomas Aquinas Church

St. Thomas Aquinas – the Mother Church of Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury – turns 150 years old on August 17, 2019. [i] St. Thomas was established in 1869 and dedicated on August 17, 1873, the year before Jamaica Plain was annexed to Boston. As the seat of the Catholic faith in Jamaica Plain, out of it grew the churches of Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Andrew the Apostle.

VictorianCharlie RosenbergJanuary 12, 2020Richard Heath

Victorian Era