Around Town
Historic Home on Palfrey Street Has Housed Schools & Business
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A graduating class in front of the Palfrey Street School in the 1970s. Photo courtesy of Phyllis DiAndrea of Palfrey Street
This piece is part of a series of articles on local history. This article was written by Joyce Kelly, Board member of the Historical Society of Watertown. Joyce writes articles for the newsletter and is the newsletter editor. This was published in our April 2004 newsletter, “The Town Crier.”
119 Palfrey Street
Although many of the old houses of Watertown have been demolished to make way for “progress,” a few of these treasures have been saved by caring individuals with a soft spot for days gone by and an interest in what happened in the past.