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unusual facts about Orient Heights


Orient Heights

The hill was one of the five islands that comprised East Boston prior to its annexation by Boston in 1836.


Bennington Street

The road then goes through the center of the Orient Heights section of the neighborhood and curves left past the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation on the right, entering the city of Revere and ending in Beachmont Square at the intersection of Winthrop Street and State Road.


see also

Charles Wesley Brashares

He served the following appointments as Pastor: the Orient Heights Methodist Church in East Boston, 1916-18; Gorham, Maine, 1918-20; Newton, Massachusetts 1920-22; the Grace Methodist Church in Dayton, Ohio, 1922-34; and First Methodist Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1934-44.