Items

• Melrose History Signature Quilt : 1897-1898

  This patchwork quilt was made in 1898. The quilt block used in the quilt was known as 'Snowflake' in the 1800s, and is also now known as 'Old Italian Block'. It has solid red and white fabrics on the front, and a red on white polka dot on the back and is tied with white yarn. The quilt is inscribed with many names all written by the same hand. Of the 64 families listed on the quilt, 58 lived in Melrose at the time - many were members of the First United Methodist Church.
• Clara Sievwright Harbon : portrait

  Clara lived at 236 East Foster Street with her parents, James B. and Ida B. and her sister, Ruth.
• Ruth Sievwright and Dorothy, Ian and Annie sitting by car

  Ruth Sievwright was the daughter of James B. and Ida B., and sister to Clara.
• Portrait of Ruth Sievwright and unknown boy

  Ruth was the daughter of James B. and Ida B. Sievwright.
• James Beatty Sievwright : portrait

  The Sievwright's lived at 236 East Foster Street. James was 43 years old and a dry goods salesman. He had immigrated from Canada in 1870.
• Ida Belle Sievwright : portrait

  The Sievwright's lived at 236 East Foster Street. Ida (nee Coy) lived with her husband, James B. and their daughters, Ruth age 9 and Clara age 2.
• Reverend Joel Leonard at pulpit.

  Joel Leonard was pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church begin in 1896.
• Marion Selee Pickles : portrait

  Marion Selee Pickles was the daughter of John D. Pickles and his second wife, Lucy Cora Selee.
• Pickles family : Elizabeth, Helen and John D.

  John D. and Elizabeth (nee Seavey) Pickles were married on June 14, 1877. Helen was their daughter, born in 1885. Elizabeth died on October 25, 1895, probably before the quilt was made. It was believed she was named on the quilt as a memorial.
• Alice Grady : portraits

  In 1900, Alice Grady lived at 35 Otis Street with her father, Thomas and mother, Margaret and brother, Wallace and sister Margaret. Both Alice and Margaret's names are on the quilt.
• Ray and Ralph Leonard and Marie Leonard

  Ray and Ralph Leonard holding up Marie, the daughter of Ralph Leonard.
• Ray and Florence Leonard

  Ray Leonard was the son of Joel M. and Mary T. Leonard. His name appears on the quilt.
• Leonard family car

  Car owned by the Leonard family. Joel Leonard was the pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Melrose beginning in 1896.
• Joel, Mary and Ralph Leonard

  In 1900, Joel and Mary Leonard were living at 647 Main Street. They lived with their sons Ralph, age 13, and Ray, age 12, and a servant Emma Stolsten, age 30. Ralph Davis, Ray M., Joel Marvin, Mary T. and Hiram West names on the quilt.
• Dettmar Jones : hockey

  Dettmar Worth Jones, born September 2, 1890, was the son of Walter DeHaven and Gertrude Jones. His name is on the quilt. Pictured with Dettmar was Ruth, David and Mark.
• Dettmar Jones and family

  Dettmar Worth Jones, born September 2, 1890, was the son of Walter DeHaven and Gertrude Jones. His name is on the quilt. Pictured with Dettmar was Ruth, David and Mark.
• Stella Worth Jones feeding a raccoon

  Stella Worth Jones feeding a raccoon outside her house. According to the family "My father and family would visit Stella at her house in New Jersey when she was older. She used to keep raccoons for pets!"
• Stella Worth Jones with two women at the shore

  Stella Worth (nee Jones) Voorhees is on the right.
• Walter DeHaven Jones : studio portrait

  Studio portrait taken by C.R. Selee's Studio, Melrose
• Worth family canoeing

  Photograph of the Worth family on a canoe outing.
• Worth and Jones Families : 456 Porter Street

  Photographs of the Worth and Jones families in front of their home at 456 Porter Street. Members of the Worth family include Hannah Lothrop, Henry Watson, Grace Mabel, Harry W., Ross H., Laura, Florence and Daisy. Members of the DeHaven Jones family include Walter DeHaven, Gertude (nee Worth) Stella W. and Dettmar W. Photographs unlabeled.
• Document : Hannah Lothrop Mooers

  Hannah Lothrop Mooers born April 28, 1844. Married November 28, 1864 to Henry Watson Worth of Vassalboro and settled in Melrose, Mass. The document includes a photograph of Hannah and Henry.
• Melrose First United Methodist Church : 645 Main Street

  Romanesque revival church built about 1904. Previous edifice of the First United Methodist Church was destroyed by fire on April 24, 1903.
• Methodist Church Parsonage : 647 Main Street

  Queen Anne Victorian house originally built as a parsonage about 1889 by architect Joel F. Brown, Melrose.
• Victorian house : 498 Lebanon Street

  Victorian style two family house built before 1900. The house is on a corner lot with entrances at 68 Upham Street and 498 Lebanon Street.
• Colonial house : 481 Lebanon Street

  Colonial style may have been originally built as a single family before 1900, it is now classified as a multi-unit condo.
• Mansard house : 462 Lebanon Street

  Mansard style single family house built about 1880.
• Victorian house : 180 Bellevue Avenue

  Victorian style house originally built as a single family about 1880.
• Colonial house : 173 Bellevue Avenue

  Colonial style single family house built before 1900.
• Colonial house : 105 Beech Avenue

  Colonial style single family house built before 1900.
• Colonial house : 66 Beech Avenue

  Colonial style single family house built before 1900.
• Colonial house : 40 Fairmount Street

  Colonial style single family house built before 1900.
• Victorian house : 35 Otis Street

  Victorian style single family house may have been originally built as a single family about 1895, it is now classified as a two family.
• Colonial house : 24 Vine Street

  Colonial style house originally built as a single family before 1900, it is now classified as a dormitory style building.
• Victorian house : 21 Vine Street

  Victorian style house originally built as a single family about 1864, it is now classified as a two family.
• Mansard house : 19 Lake Avenue

  Mansard second empire style house originally built as a single family about 1834, it is now classified as a two family.
• Colonial house : 16 Vine Street

  Colonial style may have been originally built as a single family about 1852, it is now classified as a two family.
• Colonial house : 15 Emerson Place

  Colonial style single family house built about 1875.
• Colonial house : 4 Vine Street

  Colonial style single family house built about 1880.
• Colonial house : 63 East Foster Street

  Colonial style single family house built about 1895.
• Colonial house : 95 East Foster Street

  Colonial style single family house built about 1892.
• Victorian house : 118 Bellevue Avenue

  Victorian style single family house built around 1910.
• Colonial house : 236 East Foster Street

  Colonial style single family house built about 1890.
• Colonial revival house : 38 East Foster Street

  Colonial revival style house originally built as a single family about 1880, it is now classified as a two family.
• Heritage : Ann Wasserman

  Patchwork quilt
• Names, years, 5 generations : Ann Short

  Photograph of a barn quilt, replica of Leonard family section.
• Peppermint twist : Penny J. Sander

  Applique quilt
• Black, white & read all over: Nita Penfold

  Patchwork quilt
• Sally's folly : Sally Nelson

  Patchwork quilt
• Flying geese : Diane McLaughlin

  Patchwork quilted runner
• Flying geese : Diane McLaughlin

  Oil painting
• Untitled : Sally Hurley

  Applique quilt
• A season of change : Sally Hurley

  Applique, quilted and trapunto quilt
• Table runner : Betsy Friedberg

  Patchwork quilt
• The dotted line : Janet Dalis

  Applique quilt
• Self portrait : Janet Dalis

  Applique quilt
• Melrose History Signature Quilt : 1897-1898

  This patchwork quilt was made in 1898. The quilt block used in the quilt was known as 'Snowflake' in the 1800s, and is also now known as 'Old Italian Block'. It has solid red and white fabrics on the front, and a red on white polka dot on the back and is tied with white yarn. The quilt is inscribed with many names all written by the same hand. Of the 64 families listed on the quilt, 58 lived in Melrose at the time - many were members of the First United Methodist Church.