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1884 map of Somerville demarcating each of the wards within the city According to the United States Census Bureau , Somerville has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11 km 2 ), of which 4.1 square miles (11 km 2 ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2 ), or 2.61%, is water. [ 60 ]
Assembly station (originally Assembly Square in some planning documents) is a rapid transit station in Somerville, Massachusetts.It serves the MBTA's Orange Line. [3] It is an infill station, located on a section of the Orange Line that has been active since 1975.
Portion of a map from 1775 highlighting the Winter Hill fortification. An early map of the area (dated 1637) from the papers of the family of John Winthrop includes some of this neighborhood and the adjacent Ten Hills section. [2] A Map of the Battle of Bunker Hill from 1775 displays Winter Hill to the northwest, with woody and marshy regions ...
The Charles Williams House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story wood frame Italianate house was built c. 1848 for Charles Williams, a hat dealer. The central projecting section has a Palladian window on the second floor, above a recessed entranceway where the door is surrounded by sidelight and transom windows.
[10]: 216 The station was renamed to West Somerville in the mid-1880s. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The B&L was acquired by the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) in 1887. [ 10 ] : 280 The streetcar and railroad service stimulated substantial development in the 1870s and 1880s as Davis Square quickly grew into an active commercial center.
The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". [1] This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 24, 2025. [2]
It is located in the Inner Belt area of Somerville, Massachusetts, near North Station in Boston. The present Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility was built from 1995 to 1998, replacing the Boston Engine Terminal which was built by the former Boston and Maine Railroad .
Interstate 93 over rails. Inner Belt area. The Inner Belt District is a 126-acre (0.51 km 2) industrial district located in the southeastern portion of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States.