Many of the new residents were Irish and Catholic, and to serve their needs the Archdiocese of Boston began construction of St Thomas Aquinas Church on South Street, with a grammar school following in 1873.
Viele der neuen Einwohner waren Iren und katholisch, und um ihre Bedürfnisse zu bedienen, begann das Erzbistum Boston mit dem Bau der St. Thomas Aquinas Church in der South Street und fügte 1873 eine Grammar School hinzu.