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I Can’t Believe I Didn’t Know This About…Everett

By Pebbles

The city was named after Edward Everett, who served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and was the 15th Governor of Massachusetts. He also served as President of Harvard University.

Everett is a small yet vibrant city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

It was first settled in 1630 and incorporated 200 years later as a town and then a city.

Those are just some of the basics, but here are some facts you may not be familiar with. I Can’t Believe I Didn’t Know This About…Everett.

  • Everett wasn't originally Everett

    Map of the Boston area with a pin in Everett

    Everett was originally part of Charlestown, and later Malden. It separated from Malden in 1870. In 1892, Everett changed from a town to a city. On December 13, 1892, Alonzo H. Evans defeated George E. Smith to become Everett’s first Mayor.

  • Lots of movie scenes have been filmed there

    Ben Affleck behind a camera on the set of Gone Baby Gone

    • The old Everett High School was used for the filming of scenes for the Adam Sandler movie That’s My Boy, the Kevin James movie Here Comes the Boom, and most recently Ghostbusters (2016 film) starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Katie McKinnon, and Leslie Jones.
    • The city was the setting for the 2007 Ben Affleck film Gone Baby Gone.

  • The First African American nurse in the United States is buried in Everett

    Mary Eliza Mahoney is considered the first professionally trained African American nurse in the U.S. She became a...

    Posted by Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture on Tuesday, May 8, 2018

    Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States. She was born in  (not from Everett but is buried there)

    Mary E. Mahoney

    Photo of Mary E. Mahoney's grave by Mary Ellen Doona Mary Eliza Mahoney's place in history was sealed as the first African American trained nurse. Her life has been documented on several websites and visitors are referred to the numerous publications for further information on her life.

     

  • Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo is from Everett

    Picture of Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo with a blue background and letters that say 400 episodes Grey's Anatomy

    Meredith! Love Grey’s Anatomy. Love Meredith. Love Ellen Pompeo. AND I love that she’s local.

  • Boston's Finest was in Everett

    https://youtu.be/ubLKMxElZLY

    • Everett was home to the set of the 2012 ABC series Boston’s Finest. Here’s a trailer for the show featuring Boston’s own Donnie Wahlberg.

  • Richie's Slush was originally famous for meatballs

    Richie’s Slush location on the Parkway was in its hey-day, long before the slush became an iconic product, they were as famous for their homemade meatballs, their Beanzie’s fried dough and their unique cutlet sandwiches as they were for the slush.

    Richie's Slush Re-Opens on the Parkway with New Focus

    When Richie's Slush location on the Parkway was in its hey-day, long before the slush became an iconic product, they were as famous for their homemade meatballs, their Beanzie's fried dough and their unique cutlet sandwiches as they were for the slush. In fact, the slush was simply the dessert, albeit a phenomenal ending to a good meal.

  • Everett used to be a dry town

    Sign that reads No alcoholic beverages with the sky in the background

    Did you know that Everett did not allow the sale of liquor by the glass until 1933. For years, Everett voted to remain dry by a large margin.

  • Home to Teddie's Peanut Butter

    Teddie peanut butter is the family business. The Hintlian family makes the peanut butter the same way they made it when they started in 1925. The business was originally in Boston, but moved to Everett in 1960 where I’m sure you see the famous Teddie sign that has been sitting atop the building on Santilli Highway ever since.

     

     

  • Our very own RAMIRO is from Everett!

    Picture of 1st grade Ramiro with "How it started" above that picture. Current Ramiro talking into a microphone with "How it's going" above that picture

    Yes our very own Ramiro is from Everett! Here he is with his wife Nicole at Everett’s Encore Casino. (More on that next week!)

    Picture of Ramiro and his wife Nicole on the path leading to the Encore Casino in the background

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