Brighton Abattoir --Slaughterhouses

1925 Map of the Brighton Abattoir with Market St to the right and Arsenal St on the top right. Boston Acura and Staples occupy this area today. In 1872, all slaughtering activities in Brighton were consolidated into a single facility, the Brighton Abattoir, situated on a 42 acre site on the banks of the Charles River, thus freeing up valuable land in the central part of the town for house construction. Samuel Learnard, Brighton resident, was one of the Presidents of the Abattoir. The Abattoir closed in 1957 to make way for commercial property, the Leo M. Birmingham Parkway and Soldier's Field Road.

The Abattoir circa 1925

Remembering North Brighton and the Abattoir

• Thomas J. Noonan (Husband of Anne and father of Patty) had a medical supply business called "Thomas J. Noonan Medical Supply". He was very successful and, therefore, needed additional office/warehouse space. He was one of the 1st companies to build on this commercial property. The Building is still their today.

• It is also very interesting to note that the meat for the Army was processed on the Brighton side of the Charles River...While the Guns and Cannons were manufactured directly accross the river at the Watertown Arsenal. Today it is the Arsenal MAll!