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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Lowell Posts # 3

Eric at the Donut Shack
487 Westford St, Lowell, MA 


A Stroll along Westford Street, Lowell, Massachusetts, First Stop Were Donuts From Eric
https://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2021/11/a-stroll-along-westford-street-lowell.html




Watching work progress at the old Ymittos Candle House on Dutton Street.





Me at the same tree about 45 years earlier in the Lucy Larcom Park.
The tree now.


Lowell Drive-In and Market Basket Grocery Store and Claypit Cemetery.

The drive-in land is now used for Market Basket, a grocery store and Marshalls store.
The above restaurant had to be taken down.
Claypit Cemetery is next to Marshalls. You park in the large parking lot.

Claypit Cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts



Lowell Day School, my husband attended many years ago.



Several Churches

Pawtucket Congregational Church

St. Anne's Episcopal Church

Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church and St. Patrick's Church

St. Patrick Catholic Church

Immaculate Conception and next door is Christ Church United (view from the garage)


St. Joseph, The Worker Shrine 1965
37 Lee Street. See below.
St Joseph the Worker Shrine
website

Formerly St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, built in downtown Lowell in 1839.
UTEC

1999 – UTEC was founded in Lowell as the result of an organizing movement driven by young people to create a teen center in response to gang violence.

2006- UTEC purchases its current program location, a beautiful church 

The Wang Center.





Various photos from garage roofs, the a library and a building.

(Unknown photographer, I wish I could give them credit.)




















 Consumer Value Store (CVS) The First One!

First CVS Pharmacy in the United State was in Lowell, MA. 1963

Windows




Hurd Street facing Central Street (in 1924 and many years later).












The Boott Cotton Mills
(My 3 blogs will provide more information and photos.)

There Is A Lot to Like About Lowell -- Trolleys, Trains and Tracks

The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts  --  Before and After

Boott Cotton Mills Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts


I posted a lot of photos for this Mill because it brings back memories when I worked there for six months to make extra money for Christmas. I loved Jet Containers, a company that made plastic plates and cups.
 



This is the second office of the National Park Service. This is a full museum with several floors.The weaving room shouldn't be missed.






The below mill was just a few steps from where I worked in 1962. Downtown was a large eye sore, I stayed here 10 years then left, ended up in Alexandria VA for 20 years. But Lowell called me back and I was amazed at all the wonderful changes.


This Huge Mill in Downtown Lowell is on Market and Palmer Streets. (I used to work a few steps from this mill. I did not take this photo.)

Homage to Women by Mico Kaufman 1984.
Front of the mill on Market Street.


The old Boston and Maine Railroad Depot aka Rialto Theatre on Central Street, Lowell, MA





Bridge Street Bridge, I am facing Centralville, Lowell.
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