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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 ...
The Somerville Theater is part of the Hobbs Building which was built in 1914 by Joseph Hobbs and designed by the firm of Funk & Wilcox of Boston.Designed for stage shows, vaudeville, opera, and motion pictures, the theater was only one of the highlights of the Hobbs Building, which also contained a basement café, basement bowling alley and billiards hall, the theater lobbies and ten ...
The mall building was previously occupied by Somerville Assembly, a Ford Motor Company factory, [19] and was later used as a supermarket distribution center before its conversion to a mall. The 322,000-square-foot (29,900 m 2) mall was originally anchored by a 79,000 sq ft (7,300 m 2) Jordan Marsh and a 95,637 sq ft (8,885.0 m 2) Kmart.
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The city of Somerville was first settled in 1630 and was part of Charlestown until 1842. From an early date, a track developed that skirted Prospect Hill to the north and a marshy area to the south, between the center of Charlestown and Menotomy, as what is now Arlington was then called. This route now consists of Washington Street, Bow Street ...
The Grand Union Flag flying on Prospect Hill Monument, overlooking Union Square. It was during the American Revolution that Union Square took center stage. Because of its location and height providing panoramic views and control of Charlestown, Somerville, and Cambridge, Prospect Hill had great strategic importance in the Revolutionary War and became known as the "Citadel".
The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) will be holding a grand opening ceremony for its new Somerville office on May 23.
Spring Hill is home to Somerville Hospital, opened in 1891 on Highland Avenue, the Round House, located on Atherton Street, and the Somerville Museum, located on Central Street. At one time this neighborhood was home to both journalist Howie Carr and Winter Hill Gang leader Howie Winter. They lived one street apart, on Madison Street and ...