Historic places in Somerville

Historic places in Somerville

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   Prospect Hill Monument

   Climb this tower for great views of Boston. Check out the slightly unfamiliar flag flying atop the structure. This was a Betsy Ross original; and on January 1, 1776 the tower was the location of the first American flag flown.

   Open now · open 24 hours·Built 1904
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   The Old Powder House

   This is the oldest stone building in Massachusetts, dating from around 1704. Once used to store colonial powder that would propel the muskets fired during the Revolutionary War.

   Open now · open 24 hours·Free
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   Harvard Square

   Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The term "Harvard Square" is also used to delineate the business district and Harvard University surrounding that intersection, which is the historic center of Cambridge. Adjacent to Harvard Yard, the historic heart of Harvard University, the Square (as it is sometimes called, locally) functions as a commercial center for Harvard students, as well as residents of western Cambridge, the western and northern neighborhoods and the inner suburbs of Boston.
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   Statue of Charles Sumner

   A bronze statue of Charles Sumner, by sculptor Anne Whitney, is installed in General MacArthur Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The plaster model for the statue is on display indoors at the Watertown public library. The sculpture of Sumner, a popular local statesman, was commissioned by the Boston Art Committee shortly after his death in 1874.

   Built 1902
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   Harvard Bixi

   The Harvard Bixi is a 17-foot high, 27 ton Chinese marble stele with a turtle pedestal located at Harvard University, north of Boylston Hall and west of Widener Library in Harvard Yard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The stele was presented to the university by the Chinese Harvard Alumni for its Tercentenary in September 1936.

   Built 1936
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   Mount Vernon Street Historic District

   The Mount Vernon Street Historic District is a historic district consisting of the even-numbered houses at 8–24 Mount Vernon Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. The district includes four modest Greek Revival houses built c. 1850, an earlier Federal period house, and a late 19th century Second Empire house, representing a progression of housing styles through the 19th century.
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   Bertram Hall

   Bertram Hall at Radcliffe College is an historic dormitory building on the Radcliffe Quadrangle of Harvard University at 53 Shepard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1901, it was the first dormitory building constructed for Radcliffe College. The building is now one of the dormitories of Harvard's Cabot House.

   Heritage listed · Built 1901
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   Eliot Hall

   Grace Hopkinson Eliot Hall, often called Eliot Hall, is a historic dormitory building on the Radcliffe Quadrangle of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The four story neo-Georgian brick building was built in 1907 to a design by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. It is a duplicate of Bertram Hall, which is adjacent, except some of its architectural details were simplified to reduce costs.

   Heritage listed
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   Charles Williams Jr. House

   The Charles Williams Jr. House, built in 1858, is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. Charles Williams Jr.
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    Irish Famine Memorial

    The Irish Famine Memorial, or An Gorta Mor 'Irish Famine and Emigration,' also known as the Irish Famine Monument, is a memorial in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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    Swedenborg Chapel

    The Church of the New Jerusalem (also known as Swedenborg Chapel) is a historic Swedenborgian church at 50 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Harvard University. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

    Built 1901 · Heritage listed
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    Civil War Monument

    The Civil War Monument, also known as the Civil War Memorial and Lincoln-Soldier Monument, is installed in Cambridge Common, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The monument was completed in 1870 and was designed by artists Cyrus Cobb and Darius Cobb with supervising architect Thomas W. Silloway. McDonald & Mann were the contractors.
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    University Hall

    University Hall is a white granite building designed by the great early American architect Charles Bulfinch and built by the noted early engineer Loammi Baldwin Jr. It is located in Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 for its architectural significance.

    Built 1815 · Heritage listed
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    Center for Middle Eastern Studies

    The Joseph Lovering House is an historic house located at 38 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

    Closed · opens 9 am Monday·Heritage listed
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    Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute

    The Luther Brooks House is a historic house located at 34 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

    Heritage listed
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    Brattle Hall

    Brattle Hall is a historic building along Brattle Street near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was constructed in 1889 for the Cambridge Social Union – established in 1871 – when that organization moved into the adjacent William Brattle House that year. Brattle Hall was built to house the organization's library, and to provide a space for larger meetings and social functions.

    Heritage listed
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    Edwin Abbot House

    The Edwin Abbot House, also known as the Zabriskie House, is an historic house at 27 Garden Street (originally 1 Follen Street) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1889 to a design by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, it is a prominent local example of residential Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. It has served as the principal building of the Longy School (now the Longy School of Music of Bard College) since 1937.
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    House at 25 Clyde Street

    The House at 25 Clyde Street in Somerville, Massachusetts is an example of a vernacular brick worker's house in the area. It is estimated to have been built about 1850, when the area was near one of the city's many brickyards.
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    Statue of John Bridge

    The John Bridge Monument (also known as The Puritan), in the northeast corner of the Cambridge Common in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was given by Samuel James Bridge in honor of his ancestor John Bridge (1578–1665) and sculpted by Thomas R. Gould.
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    The Hiker

    The Hiker is a bronze statue created by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson. It commemorates the American soldiers who fought in the Spanish–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Philippine–American War. The first version of it was made for the University of Minnesota in 1906, but at least 50 copies were made, and were erected widely across the United States.
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    Spring Hill Historic District

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    Ghost bike - Bernard Lavins

    Ghost bike in memory of Bernard Lavins, 61, killed on October 5, 2016.

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    Jackson Gardens

24. EatPizza restaurant

    City Slicker Cafe

    588 Somerville Avenue

    Open now · closes 10 pm

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    Harvard Law School Library

    1545 Massachusetts Ave

    Limited wheelchair access
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    Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

    105 Brattle St

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    George Dilboy

28. EatComfort food restaurant

    Atwood’s Tavern

    877 Cambridge St

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    The Hollows

    248 Holland St

30. EatComfort food restaurant

    Highland Fried

    1271 Cambridge St

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    PotatoFreak

    102 Washington St

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    Paul Revere Park

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    Alfred Velluci

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    Cambridge Brick Memorial

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    Ghost Bike - Darryl Willis

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    Ghost Bike - Jean Leonard

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    Rey-Waldstein Building

    33 Garden Street

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    Somerville Honor Roll

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    Stephen Edward Conley

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    Veterans Memorial Cemetery

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