Room 50 Archives

Heritage-Related Stories from Room 50

Fans of Lowell history should definitely check out Jennifer Myers’s excellent Room 50 Blog. Active during the term of former mayor, Patrick O. Murphy, the Room 50 blog featured stories on significant moments from Lowell’s unique, alive, and inspiring history. Here is a small sample of what you’ll find.

Celebrate Lowell’s Entrepreneurial Spirit!

Kidnapping! Libel! Recount! Lowell Election Season 1926

Franco-American Flag Raising

Buried History

The City Hall Clock

The Belle of Belvidere

Omaha Packing Company Fire

A Tour of the Lowell Cemetery

This Place was a Zoo!

Luther Lawrence, Lowell’s 2nd Mayor

Remembering Peter Stamas

Hollywood greats signed Mayor’s guest book

Honest Abe and the Mill City

Lowell’s Young Cobblers

Whats in your drawers?

Call me maybe: Moses Greeley Parker