The Historic Shirley-Ustis House museum will be hosting a talk “Boston’s Immigration as it Impacted Boston and Roxbury” with Anthony Sammarco on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.
From their website:
Anthony Sammarco’s lecture will discuss Boston’s immigration period with a slide presentation that will focus on the city, its tenements, their interiors, and the social service agencies available to immigrants. Roxbury will also be discussed in the same vein with early slides of the Shirley-Eustis House and neighborhood.
Mr. Sammarco is a noted historian and author of over sixty books on the history and development of Boston and its neighborhoods. His book, Boston’s Immigrants was written to highlight the diversity of the city. Refreshments will be served following the lecture. Admission for each lecture is $5 for adults, $4 for students and seniors.
Shirley-Eustis House members and their guests are free. For more information about Shirley Place, its architecture, residents, gardens and collections, visit www.shirleyeustishouse.org, call 617-442-2275 or become a fan on our Facebook page to stay connected to our events and announcements.
The Shirley-Eustis House, 33 Shirley Street, Roxbury, MA, built in 1747 for Royal Governor William Shirley, was once a sprawling estate of 33 acres. It continues to sit majestically in Roxbury surrounded by beautiful gardens and historic fruit orchards and remains the most imposing and best preserved of the four standing colonial governors’ homes in the United States.







