Malden is a suburban city in
Middlesex CountyMiddlesex County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is the most populous county in Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,465,396. The center of population of Massachusetts is located in Middlesex County, in the town of Natick.Its county seats are...
,
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,
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. The population was 56,340 at the 2000 census.
History
Malden, a hilly woodland area north of the
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, was settled by Puritans in 1640 on land purchased in 1629 from the Pawtucket Indians. The area was originally called "Mistick Side" and was a part of
CharlestownCharlestown is a part of the city of Boston, Massachusetts located on a peninsula north of Boston proper. Charlestown was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; it became a city in 1847 and was annexed by Boston on January 5, 1874...
. It was incorporated as a separate town in 1649. The name Malden was selected by Joseph Hills, an early settler and landholder, and was named after
Maldon, EnglandMaldon is a town on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon district and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.Maldon is twinned with the Dutch town of Cuijk...
. Malden, which originally included what are now the adjacent cities of
MelroseMelrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area and Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The population was 26,708 in the 2008 population estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau...
(until 1850) and
EverettEverett is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, near Boston. The population was 38,037 at the 2000 census.Everett is the only city in the United States with a bicameral legislature, which is composed of a seven-member Board of Aldermen and an 18-member Common...
(until 1870), was incorporated as a city in 1882.
The first code of enacted laws printed in
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was compiled here by Joseph Hills in 1648. At the time of the
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, the population was about 1000, and the citizens were involved early in resisting the oppression of Britain; they stopped using tea in 1770 to protest the
Revenue Act of 1766The Revenue Act 1766 was an act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in response to objections raised to the Sugar Act 1764. The Revenue Act was passed in conjunction with the Free Port Act 1766....
, and Malden also has the reputation of being the first town to petition the colonial government to withdraw from the
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.
Malden High SchoolMalden High School is a public high school located in Malden, Massachusetts. Accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges , it awards high school diplomas.The school was founded in 1857.-Centre St. :...
, in conjunction with
MedfordMedford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States, on the Mystic River, just a few miles north of Boston. In the 2000 census, Medford's population was 55,765...
High School, has the second oldest continuous high school
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rivalries in the
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, with the first "Thanksgiving Day Game" dating back to 1889.
Malden contains a number of historic churches. Malden is also the site of the controversial
Fells Acres child abuse case.Fells Acres Day Care Center was located in Malden, Massachusetts, in the United States and was part of the day care sex abuse hysteria of the 1980s. Violet Amirault opened the facility in 1966 after her husband left her....
Geography
Malden is located at . It is bordered by
MelroseMelrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area and Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The population was 26,708 in the 2008 population estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau...
on the North,
EverettEverett is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, near Boston. The population was 38,037 at the 2000 census.Everett is the only city in the United States with a bicameral legislature, which is composed of a seven-member Board of Aldermen and an 18-member Common...
on the south,
MedfordMedford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States, on the Mystic River, just a few miles north of Boston. In the 2000 census, Medford's population was 55,765...
on the west,
RevereRevere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It borders Winthrop, East Boston and Chelsea to the south, Everett and Malden to the west, Saugus and Lynn to the north, Melrose to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. It comprises 10.0 square miles, although 4.1 of...
on the east, and
SaugusSaugus is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. The population was 26,078 at the 2000 census.-History:Saugus was first settled in 1629. Saugus is an Indian name believed to mean "great" or "extended"...
on the northeast.
According to the
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, the city has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13.2 km²), of which, 5.1 square miles (13.1 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.78%) is water. Bordered on the north by the cliffs of Middlesex Fells, Malden is drained by the
Malden RiverThe Malden River is a short, roughly 2 mile long river that is located in Malden, Massachusetts. It is roughly 675 feet at its widest point and is very narrow at its smallest point. Its banks are largely occupied by industrial business and the river is scarcely used or even mentioned...
.
Demographics
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 56,340 people, 23,009 households, and 13,575 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 11,102.9 people per square mile (4,290.5/km²). There were 23,634 housing units at an average density of 4,657.5/sq mi (1,799.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 72.09%
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, 8.15%
African AmericanRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, 0.14%
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, 13.99%
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, 0.06%
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, 2.10% from
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, and 3.46% from two or more races. 4.79% of the population were
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or
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of any race.
There were 23,009 households out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.8% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic...
living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the city the population was spread out with 19.9% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 36.9% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $45,654, and the median income for a family was $55,557. Males had a median income of $37,741 versus $31,157 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the city was $22,004. About 6.6% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.6% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Malden has 5 public elementary/middle schools; 1 charter elementary, middle, and high school; 1 public high school; 1 catholic high school; and 1 public preschool. The website for the public schools is:
www.malden.mec.edu. The elementary schools in Malden were replaced in the late 1990s with five new facilities:
Linden SchoolLinden School is a public school in Malden, Massachusetts with over 750 students. The school has both elementary and middle schools. The principal of the elementary school is Dr. Dael Angelico-Hart and the principal of the middle school is Camille M...
, Beebe School, Forestdale School,
Salemwood SchoolSalemwood School is a primary school in Malden, Massachusetts. It serves students in kindergarten through grade 8.-External links:*http://www.malden.mec.edu/salemwood/...
, and Ferryway School. The old (but newest of the old schools) Chester W. Holmes School, built around 1970 to replace Faulkner School, which burned down, was remodeled around the time the other schools were rebuilt and is now the Early Learning Center. Malden is also home to
Malden High SchoolMalden High School is a public high school located in Malden, Massachusetts. Accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges , it awards high school diplomas.The school was founded in 1857.-Centre St. :...
, Mystic Valley Regional Charter School (MVRCS), and
Malden Catholic High SchoolMalden Catholic High School, founded in 1932, is a private, Catholic secondary school for young men located in Malden, Massachusetts. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. The school was founded by the Congregation of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier , an international...
.
Neighborhoods
Like many communities in
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, many towns and neighborhoods are organized around "Squares" which are locations of crossroads and town commons dating from the colonial and early 19th century years. Many of the neighborhoods in Malden take their name and identity from the Square they are centered around.
Malden's squares include Malden Square (formerly Converse Square, and the location of Downtown Malden), Oak Grove Square (at
Oak Grove T StationOak Grove Station is an MBTA station on the Orange Line, located in the northern part of Malden, Massachusetts near the intersection of Winter Street and Main Street, and adjacent to the city of Melrose....
), Bellrock Square (at the intersections of Cross, Main and Medford Sts.), Judson Square (near Ferryway Green/School), former Suffolk Square (at Cross and Bryant Streets, and the location of a thriving Jewish community until being claimed by urban renewal in the 1960s), Maplewood Square (at Lebanon, Maplewood and Salem Streets) and
Linden SquareLinden Square is the center of the Linden area of the city of Malden, Massachusetts. The square borders Malden to Revere and Saugus. The square contains several stores, restaurants including Morrison's Tavern, The Linden Diner, 7-Eleven, Robinson's News, Bank of America , Citgo, and Walgreen's...
.
Some of the neighborhoods in Malden include Faulkner (location of the former Suffolk Square) West End, Edgeworth, Linden, Ferryway, Forestdale, Maplewood, Bellrock, and Belmont Hill (located between Bellrock and Ferryway).
Faulkner
The Faulkner neighborhood is generally bounded by Ferry St on the west, the
City of EverettEverett is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, near Boston. The population was 38,037 at the 2000 census.Everett is the only city in the United States with a bicameral legislature, which is composed of a seven-member Board of Aldermen and an 18-member Common...
on the South, Maplewood/ Maplewood St on the east and Salem Street on the north. A few of the streets north of Salem Street around Pierce St are sometimes considered part of Faulkner. In colonial times, Harvell's Mill was located here (at the intersection of Cross Street and the old B&M Railroad tracks, between Eastern Ave and Salem Streets), just below the cliffs, on Harvell's Brook, which drained west to the Malden River. A road from South Malden (now Everett) crossed here to meet Salem Street just uphill. Formerly called Harvell's Brook Lane, it was re-named Cross Street. In the 19th century a railroad was built along Harvell's Brook, named the Saugus Branch, and the brook was channeled to become a sewage ditch called the Saugus Branch Brook. During this time industry sprouted in this area, and a large immigrant neighborhood focused around Bryant and Cross Streets took shape named Suffolk Square. In the early 20th century Saugus Branch Brook was culverted due to pollution. In the 1920s and 30s Jewish immigrants from East Boston and
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, as well as the West and North Ends of Boston, began to migrate to Suffolk Square. During this time Faulkner was served by three trolley lines and two commuter rail stations by what is now the
MBTAThe Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, often referred to as the MBTA or simply The T, is "a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
. All that remains is the Route 105 T bus line. In the 1950s out-migration by the Jewish community to northern suburbs and the decline of
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and mill-based industry led to a condition of dilapidated and shabby housing of triple deckers and empty storefronts. Ambitious but experimental urban renewal modeled on Boston's Scolley Square and West End projects leveled Suffolk Square and most of the neighborhood. Controversy around redevelopment projects led to the loss of the commercial center at Suffolk Square and the replacement of dense 3-family houses with suburban-like low-income and senior public housing. Housing projects include Suffolk Manor Senior Housing, Bowdoin Apartments and Newland Street Projects. The neighborhood was once served by Lincoln Elementary, Lincoln Jr High/ Middle School and Daniels Elementary as well at as the former Faulkner school at Peirce and Salem Streets. At the beginning of the 21st century a small section of Harvell's Brook was daylighted and partially restored at
Roosevelt ParkRoosevelt Park was a large open public park in Malden, Massachusetts with three baseball diamonds, open space for football games, a basketball court, a children's playground, and an old field house that had closed prior to the closing of the park itself...
during the construction of the Salemwood School on the east end of the park. Parks in this neighborhood include Daniels Park, Lincoln Commons, Roosevelt Park, South Broadway Park and Harvard St. Park.
West End
The West End neighborhood is the northwest section of the city. It contains the Fellsmere Pond and Amerige Park. The Beebe School is located in the West End neighborhood. The Fells Acre incident occurred here..
Edgeworth
The Edgeworth neighborhood is the southwest section of the city. It contains Devir Park, Pearl St. Park, and Callahan Park. The city’s football stadium, MacDonald Stadium is in Edgeworth. A school in Edgeworth is the former Emerson grammar school.
Ferryway
Ferryway is the south central section of the city. It contains the Ferryway School and Newman Park.
Forestdale
Forestdale is the north central section of the city and it contains the Forestdale School and park. It also has the largest park in Malden, Pine Banks Park, and the largest cemetery, Forestdale Cemetery. Parts of Forest street follow an old Indian path.
Linden
Linden is the southeast section of the city, generally everything east of Broadway/Route 99. It contains the Linden School and Hunting Field, and a moderately sized mountainous area topped with an apartment complex called Granada Highlands. A large portion of this neighborhood was once a marshy area up until the late 1800s. The Linden Land Company sold off house lots on land that was created by filling in the marsh around the Hunting Field area. People are known to still dig up old glass bottles and other items on their property on occasion. Hunting field was once a park that encompassed the entire area inside of Broadway, Salem St., Eastern Ave., and Claremont Street, save for a few homes and a large trolley car barn that was located where
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is today. The park at one point had public gardens and a fountain. Over time the land was obliterated by construction of a gated and private housing project for war veterans in the late 40s and the Linden elementary school in 1953. The veterans housing has since been converted to low-income housing.
One of the last remaining vestiges of this park is "the No-Name street", which was the old entrance. One of the original park's large oak trees still stands here on the corner of Claremont St., as well as some stone walls.
Maplewood
Maplewood is located between the Forestdale and Linden neighborhoods. The northern section is called Maplewood Highlands due to its hilly nature. It contains Roosevelt Park, Trafton Park, and South Broadway Park. Schools in Maplewood are the Salemwood School and the
Malden Catholic High SchoolMalden Catholic High School, founded in 1932, is a private, Catholic secondary school for young men located in Malden, Massachusetts. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. The school was founded by the Congregation of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier , an international...
. As of 2009, this is considered to be, by far, the most violent part of Malden. Where gangs and drug trafficking agglomerates, a shooting took place in front of classic Sunnyhurst convenience store where a police officer was shot and a heroine dealer killed.
Bellrock
Bellrock is the southwest section of the city, bordered by Main Street on the east, Charles Street on the north, the
Malden RiverThe Malden River is a short, roughly 2 mile long river that is located in Malden, Massachusetts. It is roughly 675 feet at its widest point and is very narrow at its smallest point. Its banks are largely occupied by industrial business and the river is scarcely used or even mentioned...
on the west, and the Everett line on the south. It contains
Bell Rock Memorial ParkBell Rock Memorial Park is a historic park between Main, Wigglesworth, Meridan, and Ellis Streets in Malden, Massachusetts....
(listed on the
National Register of Historic PlacesThe National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
) and Bell Rock Cemetery, which contains marked graves dating back to 1670. Bell Rock Cemetery was called Sandy Bank until the establishment of the Salem Street Cemetery in 1832; it was then known as the Old Burial Ground for half a century until it was renamed in 1882.
Fire Department
The City of Malden is protected 24/7 by the professional fire fighters of the Malden Fire and Rescue Department. The Department operates out of three city-wide firehouses and one firehouse shared with the
Revere, MassachusettsRevere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It borders Winthrop, East Boston and Chelsea to the south, Everett and Malden to the west, Saugus and Lynn to the north, Melrose to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. It comprises 10.0 square miles, although 4.1 of...
Fire and Rescue Department. The Department operates an apparatus fleet of five engines(including one reserve engine), two trucks, one rescue, two command cars, one fire prevention unit, one fire alarm unit, and one mechanics unit.
Fire Station Locations
Fire Headquarters-Fire Station # 1-80 Salem Street
Ladder 1
Engine 1
Rescue 1
Car 1
Car 2
Fire Prevention Unit
Fire Alarm Unit
Fire Station # 2-4 Laurel Street
Engine 2
Engine 5(Reserve)
Fire Station # 3-332 Pleasant Street
Ladder 3
Engine 3
Fire Station # 4-Shared with Revere Fire and Rescue Department-5 Overlook Ridge Drive
Engine 4
Mechanics Unit
Major highways
Route 28Route 28 is a nominally south-north route in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, running from the town of Orleans on Cape Cod via Boston to the New Hampshire state line in Methuen. Following the route from its nominally southern end, Route 28 initially heads south to the town of Chatham then turns...
,
Route 60Route 60 is an east-west state highway running through the northern suburbs of Boston.-Route description:The eastern end of Route 60 is in Revere, at the junction of Route 1A and Route 16. From there, it runs through Malden, Medford, Arlington, and Belmont before ending at U.S. Route 20 in...
, Route 99, and
U.S. 1In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, U.S. Route 1 is a major north-south state highway through Boston. The portion of US 1 south of Boston is also known as the Boston-Providence Turnpike, and portions north of the city are known as the Northeast Expressway and the Newburyport Turnpike.-Route...
run through Malden.
Route 16Route 16 is an east-west state highway in Massachusetts. Much of Route 16 is a multi-lane parkway, although it is not limited access for any significant length of road...
and
Interstate 93Interstate 93 is an Interstate Highway in the New England section of the United States. Its southern terminus is in Canton, Massachusetts, in the Boston metropolitan area, at Interstate 95; its northern terminus is near St. Johnsbury, Vermont, at Interstate 91.For most of its length, Interstate 93...
are a short distance outside the city's borders.
Rail
The city is served by the
Orange LineThe Orange Line is one of the four subway lines of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. It extends from Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain, Boston in the south to Oak Grove in Malden, Massachusetts in the north. It meets the Red Line at Downtown Crossing, the Blue Line at State, and the Green...
subway that connects it to downtown Boston. The city's subway stops are
Malden CenterMalden Center Station is an MBTA station on the Orange Line and Commuter Rail, located on Pleasant Street in downtown Malden, Massachusetts. It is an elevated station serving Malden's Edgeworth and downtown areas, with a small parking lot and connections to several bus lines...
and
Oak GroveOak Grove Station is an MBTA station on the Orange Line, located in the northern part of Malden, Massachusetts near the intersection of Winter Street and Main Street, and adjacent to the city of Melrose....
. The MBTA's commuter rail also has one stop in the city (
Malden CenterMalden Center Station is an MBTA station on the Orange Line and Commuter Rail, located on Pleasant Street in downtown Malden, Massachusetts. It is an elevated station serving Malden's Edgeworth and downtown areas, with a small parking lot and connections to several bus lines...
) and can stop at
Oak GroveOak Grove Station is an MBTA station on the Orange Line, located in the northern part of Malden, Massachusetts near the intersection of Winter Street and Main Street, and adjacent to the city of Melrose....
if necessary. During the last few years, the MBTA updated signal systems and Orange Line Service had been unavailable at nights, but since September 2007 this is only a rare occasion on week-ends. At those times, signal system repairs closed off the northern portion of the Orange Line while the MBTA staff redirected commuters to use replacement bus service from either Haymarket or later from Wellington Station.
There is also a sizable section of the old Boston and Maine "Saugus Branch" railroad line running across the middle of the city. This line is currently owned by the MBTA and is out of use since the late 1990s, but not abandoned. There have been plans to create a bike trail (Bike to the Sea) along side the track on the right-of-way but the progress has been hampered by lack of funds as well as illegal land encroachers putting up fences across the railroad line.
Points of interest
- Converse Memorial Library
The Converse Memorial Building, also known as Converse Memorial Library, is a public library building designed by noted American architect H. H. Richardson. From 1885 to 1996, when construction of a new library addition was completed, the building was also home to the Malden Public Library...
- Congregation Beth Israel
Congregation Beth Israel is an Orthodox synagogue located at 10 Dexter Street in Malden, Massachusetts. Founded in 1904 by Jewish immigrants from Lithuania, in 2005 Beth Israel created Malden's eruv., the rabbi was Yitzchak Zev Rabinowitz...
Recreation
Approximately 30 park sites throughout the city provide a variety of recreational facilities including tennis courts, basketball courts, playgrounds and ballfields. Other sites include a 400-meter synthetic running track at Macdonald Stadium; 56 acres (23 ha) of the
Middlesex Fells ReservationMiddlesex Fells Reservation, often referred to simply as the Fells, is a Massachusetts state park located in Malden, Medford, Melrose, Stoneham, and Winchester...
; the 25 acre (10 ha) Fellsmere Pond; a DCR-owned and operated swimming pool; a 30,000 square feet (2,800 m²) fieldhouse built under the new school rebuilding plan; the state-of-the-art Malden YMCA finished construction in early 2007; and Pine Banks Park, operated by a Board of Trustees with equal representation by the cities of Malden and
MelroseMelrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area and Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The population was 26,708 in the 2008 population estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau...
.
Notable residents
- Kevin McGlinchy
Kevin McGlinchy , is a professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1999-2000 with the Atlanta Braves. In the 1999 National League Championship Series, he gave up the famous Grand Slam Single to Robin Ventura in game 5. However, the Braves would win the next game to take the...
, professional baseball player, Atlanta Braves, 1999-2000
- Jack Albertson
Jack Albertson was an American character actor dating to vaudeville. A comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, Albertson is perhaps best known for his roles as Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure and Grandpa Joe in the 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and as Ed Brown in the...
, (born Jonathen George "Jack" Albertson, 1907), Academy Award, Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning American actor, comedian, dancer, singer, musician
- Ed Ames
Ed Ames is an American popular singer and actor. He is best known for his Pop and Adult Contemporary hits of the 1960s like "When the Snow is on the Roses" and the perennial "My Cup Runneth Over." He was part of a popular 1950s singing group called The Ames Brothers.-Early life:Born in Malden,...
, (born Edmund Dantes Urick, 1927), American singer, actor
- The Ames Brothers, singers
- Walter Brennan
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, (b. 1894), Academy Award winning American actor
- Augustus C. Carey, inventor, representative of the Know Nothing Movement
The Know Nothing movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to U.S. values and controlled by the Pope in Rome...
at the General Court of Massachusetts
- George R. Carey
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, (b. 1851), civil engineer, surveyor, American inventor of an early system of television (1877)
- Gary Cherone
Gary Cherone is an American rock singer-songwriter. He is best known for his work with the rock group Extreme, as well as his short stint as the lead singer for Van Halen on the Van Halen III album and subsequent tour. In recent years. he has released solo recordings. In 2007, he reunited with...
, (b.1961), American recording artist, rock vocalist for ExtremeExtreme is an American rock band, headed by frontmen Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt, that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Among some of Extreme's musical influences are Queen and Van Halen...
and Van HalenVan Halen is a hard rock band formed in , USA in 1974. They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978. As of 2007, Van Halen has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...
- "Lord" Timothy Dexter
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, American businessman
- Gary DiSarcina
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, Major League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between...
player, born in Malden.
- Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner was an American lawyer and author of detective stories, who also published under the pseudonyms A.A. Fair, Kyle Corning, Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J...
, lawyer, author of the Perry MasonPerry Mason is a fictional character, a defense attorney who originally was the main character in numerous pieces of detective fiction authored by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason was featured in more than 80 novels and short stories, most of which had a story line which involved his client being...
mysteries
- Harold Gomberg
Harold Gomberg was the principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic from 1943 through 1977....
, principal oboist of the New York PhilharmonicThe New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
from 1943 through 1977
- Norman Greenbaum
Norman Greenbaum is a singer-songwriter. He studied music at Boston University. Greenbaum is best known for his song "Spirit in the Sky", which sold two million copies across 1969 and 1970. This disc sold over one million by May 1970 alone, and received a gold disc awarded by the R.I.A.A....
, (b. 1942), singer/songwriter
- Willis Hunt
Willis B. Hunt, Jr. is a federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 23, 1995 to replace Horace Ward, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 24, 1995, and received his commission on...
, senior federal judgeIn the United States, the title of federal judge is usually given to a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution....
for the Northern District of GeorgiaThe United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is a United States District Court which serves the residents of forty-six counties...
- Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson, Sr. was an American Baptist missionary who labored for almost forty years in Burma . At the age of 25, Adoniram Judson was the first Protestant missionary sent from North America to preach in Burma...
, American Baptist missionary in Burma
- Toni Kelner
Toni LP Kelner is an award-winning author of two mystery series: the eight Laura Fleming novels, which include: Wed and Buried, Death of a Damn Yankee, Tight as a Tick, and several others; and the Where Are They Now? series, which debuted in January 2008 with Without Mercy. She has also edited...
, mystery writer
- Keith Knight
Keith Edgar Knight, Jr. is an American cartoonist and musician. While his work is humorous and universal in appeal, he also often deals with political, social, and racial issues...
, cartoonist, hip-hop artist
- Patrick O'Hearn
Patrick O'Hearn is a multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and recording artist.-Formative Years:Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Patrick O'Hearn began his professional music career at age 15 when he joined the Musicians Union and began playing night clubs in Portland,...
, Film/Video Editor, Animator
- Ellis F. Lawrence
Ellis Fuller Lawrence was an American architect who worked primarily in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1914, he helped found and was the first dean of the University of Oregon's School of Architecture and Allied Arts, a position he held until his death.Lawrence concurrently served as campus...
, architect
- Fred A. Leuchter
Frederick A. Leuchter, Jr. is a self-taught American execution technician and author of Holocaust denial material. He claims to have improved the design of instruments for capital punishment and had execution equipment contracts with several states. Subsequently, Leuchter became known for his...
, American execution technician featured in Errol Morris's documentary Mr. Death
- David S. Liederman, State Legislator and National Advocate for Children
- Barbara Margolis
Barbara Ann "Bobbie" Margolis was an American prisoners' rights advocate who served as the official greeter of New York City under the administration of Mayor of New York City Ed Koch...
(1929-2009), prisoners' rightsThe movement for prisoners' rights is based on the principle that prisoners, even though they are deprived of liberty, are still entitled to basic human rights. Advocates for prisoners' rights argue that they are often deprived of very basic human rights, with the cooperation of the prison...
advocate who served as the official greeter of New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
.
- Edmund Noble
Edmund Noble was an Anglo-American author, journalist, philosopher, editor.- Biography :Edmund Noble was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1853. He was son of Johnand Eliza Noble. His parents were natives of England...
, (1853-1937), author, journalist from Boston HeraldThe Boston Herald is a daily newspaper that serves Boston, Massachusetts, United States and its surrounding area. It was started in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the USA...
, editor of Free Russia (1892-1894)
- Elliot Paul
Elliot Harold Paul , was an American journalist and author.-Biography:Born in Linden, a part of Malden, Massachusetts, Elliot Paul graduated from Malden High School then worked in the U.S...
, author, journalist
- Mike Road
Mike Road is a voice actor of cartoon characters whose career dates to the 1950s....
, actor
- Breno Giacomini
Breno Giacomini is an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was selected by the Packers in the 5th round, 150th pick overall in the 2008 NFL Draft....
, Professional Football Player (Green Bay Packers)
- Richard Rodenheiser
Richard Peter "Dick" Rodenheiser is an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.-External links:*...
, 1956 & 1960 USA Olympic hockey team silver and gold medalist
- Dana Rosenblatt
"Dangerous" Dana Rosenblatt was a left-handed professional boxer who held a variety of minor boxing titles.Rosenblatt began practicing martial arts at age 13 and earned a black belt in Tang Soo Do when he was 16...
, professional boxer
- Frank Stella
Frank Stella is an American painter and printmaker. He is a significant figure in minimalism and post-painterly abstraction.He was born in Malden, Massachusetts...
, painter and printmaker
- Freeman Tilden
Freeman Tilden was one of the first people to set down the principles and theories of Heritage Interpretation in his 1957 book, Interpreting Our Heritage. His work with the United States National Park Service inspired generations of interpreters and continues to be a definitive text for the...
, reporter and author, National Park ServiceThe National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
"Father of Interpretation"
- John Volpe, Governor of Massachusetts
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, U.S. Ambassador to Italy
- Michael Wigglesworth
Michael Wigglesworth was a Puritan minister and poet whose The Day of Doom was a bestseller in early New England....
, Puritan minister, author
- Wladek Kowalski, a.k.a. "Killer Kowalski", (1926-2008), retired Canadian professional wrestler, trained Triple H
Paul Michael Levesque is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley...
, Chyna, and Kenny Dykstra, and owned and operated Killer Kowalski's Pro Wrestling School in Malden, which survived his death in August 2008 and still operates.
- Lawrence Palmer
Lawrence Palmer is an American ice hockey player. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Malden, Massachusetts.-External links:*...
, ice hockey player, born in Malden
- Dan Ross
Daniel R. Ross was a professional American football tight end who played for the Cincinnati Bengals , the Seattle Seahawks , and the Green Bay Packers . He also played for the Portland Breakers of the USFL in 1985.-College football:Before his NFL career, Ross played football at Northeastern...
, NFL player for the Cincinnati BengalsThe Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Their first two seasons, 1968 and 1969, were as an American Football League franchise...
, Seattle SeahawksThe Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington, USA. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team, along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, joined the NFL in 1976 as...
, and the Green Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.The Packers are the last vestige of "small town...
.
Literary and film references
- Life in early 20th century Malden is the subject of the memoir Linden on the Saugus Branch
Linden on the Saugus Branch is a 1946 memoir of small-town life written by American novelist Elliot Paul. It takes place in the Linden neighborhood of Malden, Massachusetts....
by writer Elliot PaulElliot Harold Paul , was an American journalist and author.-Biography:Born in Linden, a part of Malden, Massachusetts, Elliot Paul graduated from Malden High School then worked in the U.S...
. The name Linden refers to the eastern-most section of Malden that borders RevereRevere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It borders Winthrop, East Boston and Chelsea to the south, Everett and Malden to the west, Saugus and Lynn to the north, Melrose to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. It comprises 10.0 square miles, although 4.1 of...
. Linden was formerly served by the Saugus Branch of the B&M Railroad that ran from EverettEverett is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, near Boston. The population was 38,037 at the 2000 census.Everett is the only city in the United States with a bicameral legislature, which is composed of a seven-member Board of Aldermen and an 18-member Common...
to West LynnLynn is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 89,050 at the 2000 census. An older industrial center, Lynn is home to Lynn Beach and Lynn Heritage State Park. Currently, Edward "Chip" Clancy, Jr. is serving his second term as Mayor.-History:The area known as Lynn...
via Malden and SaugusSaugus is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. The population was 26,078 at the 2000 census.-History:Saugus was first settled in 1629. Saugus is an Indian name believed to mean "great" or "extended"...
. While train service was terminated in the 50s, and freight ceased to travel the line by the late 90s, the tracks remain in place.
- In contemporary literature, Malden became a setpiece for Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. An estimated 300–350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film, television, and...
's zombie thriller Cell (novel)Cell is an apocalyptic horror novel published by American author Stephen King in January 2006. The plot concerns a New England artist struggling to reunite with his young son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell-phone network turns the majority of his fellow humans into mindless...
. King has referenced Malden several times over the years in his various works, as he has (or had) relatives who lived in the city.
- Malden's Suffolk Square is the setting for the 2003 novel Sin of Omission by David Evans Katz (link: www.sinofomission.com). In the novel, Malden is thinly disguised as "Middlesex."
- Parts of Toni Kelner
Toni LP Kelner is an award-winning author of two mystery series: the eight Laura Fleming novels, which include: Wed and Buried, Death of a Damn Yankee, Tight as a Tick, and several others; and the Where Are They Now? series, which debuted in January 2008 with Without Mercy. She has also edited...
's 2008 mystery novel Without Mercy are set in Malden. The book's protagonist lives in an apartment near Malden Center, and describes local businesses Pearl Street Station and Town Pizza House.
- A memorable gun purchase scene near the beginning of the 1973 film "The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a 1973 crime film starring Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle. Directed by Peter Yates, the screenplay was adapted from the novel by George V. Higgins. It was released on DVD for the first time from The Criterion Collection on May 19, 2009.-Plot:Eddie Coyle is an aging,...
" starring Robert MitchumRobert Charles Durman Mitchum was an American film actor, author, composer and singer. Mitchum is largely remembered for his starring roles in several major works of the film noir style, and is considered a forerunner of the anti-heroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s.-Early life and...
was shot in the quarry and around the stone crusher of the former Rowe Quarry on the eastern border of the city. A still of this scene is printed on the recently released Criterion Collection DVD of this movie, used as cover art.
- Parts of the movie Monument Ave.
Monument Ave., originally titled Snitch and titled Noose in Australia, is a 1998 American film directed by Ted Demme and starring Denis Leary. The film centers on the Charlestown, Massachusetts Irish Mob and small-time criminal Bobby O'Grady who is dealing with the problems that arise due to...
starring Denis LearyDenis Colin Leary is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. He is known for his often biting comedic style and his chain smoking. Leary is the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me now in its fifth season....
were filmed in Malden.
External links
- City of Malden, Massachusetts Official Website
- Malden Public Library
- Malden Observer, Local Newspaper
- The History of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785 by Deloraine Pendre Corey, 870 pages, published 1899.
- History of Middlesex County, Volume II, p. 113 etc. (Medford, by W. H. Whitmore). 1880, published by Estes and Lauriat; edited by Samual Adams Drake.
- Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Malden, 1649-1850 by Deloraine Pendre Corey, published 1903.
- City of Malden, Massachusetts " The hidden story "