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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]
The area is home to Assembly Row, a 45-acre (180,000 m 2) mixed-use, smart growth development that broke ground in April 2012 and opened in 2014. It includes retail outlets, restaurants, residential space, office and research and development space, a 12-screen cinema and a 200-room hotel. Other amenities include a marina, a revitalized ...
The Theater Coop, one of the Boston area's few new repertory live theaters, is located between Foss Park and the local supermarket. Near Winter Hill in East Somerville is a community pottery studio, called Mudflat, and a collective of stained glass artists called Daniel Maher Stained Glass. Foss Park abuts Interstate 93 at the base of Winter Hill.
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 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]
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Postcard view from High School grounds, 1915. Gilman Square is a neighborhood in the area around Central Hill in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States.Historic Gilman Square is at the junction of Medford, Pearl, and Marshall streets [1] [2] and has been a small commercial center since the mid 19th-century. [3]
Map showing the region covered by area codes 617 and 857 Map of current Massachusetts area codes (since May 2001) Massachusetts area codes from October 1947 until July 1988 Area codes 617 and 857 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Massachusetts , serving the city of Boston and several ...