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Somerville (/ ˈ s ʌ m ər v ɪ l / SUM-ər-vil) is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total population of 81,045 people.
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The Spring Hill Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Summer, Central, Atherton, and Spring Streets in the Spring Hill area of Somerville, Massachusetts. The district encompasses the city's best-preserved residential subdivision from the mid-19th century, with later infill construction in the late 19th and early 20th ...
West Somerville: Also in Arlington, Medford, and Winchester 57: Mystic Water Works: Mystic Water Works: September 18, 1989 : Alewife Brook Parkway and Capen St. West Somerville: Listing duplicates Mystic Pumping Station, above. 58: John F. Nichols House
In its early years, Somerville was an agricultural suburb, supplying the growing urban area surrounding Boston. For a time the Union Square area was known as Milk Row after the small farms surrounding it. [1] Union Square became a major commercial center during the early 19th century due to its location at an important crossroads.
The house at 49 Vinal Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts is a stylish combination of Colonial Revival and Shingle styling. The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story wood-frame house was built c. 1894. It has a wide gambrel roof with cross gables that are also gambreled.
Spring Hill is a ridge in the central part of the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, and the residential neighborhood that sits atop it. It runs northwest to southeast, roughly bounded by Highland Avenue, Somerville Avenue, Elm Street, and Willow Avenue. [citation needed] Summer Street runs along the hill's crest.
[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.