Somerville /ˈsʌmərvɪl/ is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located two miles northwest of Boston. As of 2010, the United States Census has the city with a total population of 75,754 people, and is the most densely populated municipality in New England. As of 2000, it was the 15th most densely populated city in the country. Somerville was established as a town in 1842, when it was separated from Charlestown. In 2006, the town was named the best run city in Massachusetts by the Boston Globe.
Population: 75,754
Latitude: 42° 23' 15.36" N
Longitude: -71° 05' 58.20" W
Braves Field was a baseball park that stood on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The stadium was most notably home to the Boston Braves of Major League Baseball and the National League from 1915–1952, when the team moved t…
The Sudbury Valley School was founded in 1968 by Daniel Greenberg in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States. There are over 50 schools that claim to be based on the Sudbury Model in the United States, Denmark, Israel, Japan, Belgium and Germany. T…
The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University, and is one of the top schools of education in the United States. It was founded in 1920, the same year it invented the Ed.D.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (also known as MassArt) is a publicly funded college of visual and applied art, founded in 1873. It is one of the oldest art schools, the only publicly funded free-standing art school in the United States, and…
Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a non-profit 496-bed academic medical center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Agganis Arena is a 7,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on the campus of Boston University, built on the location of the former Commonwealth Armory. It is named after Harry Agganis, an outstanding football and baseball athle…
Alewife is an MBTA Red Line subway station located in North Cambridge, Massachusetts. The northern terminus of the Red Line, Alewife serves as a local intermodal transit hub. Its facilities include a multi-level parking garage with 2,733 spaces, two…
Stoneham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, nine miles north of downtown Boston. Its population was 21,437 at the 2010 census, and its proximity to major highways and public transportation offer convenient access to Boston and the North S…
Newton North High School, formerly Newton High School, is the larger and longer-established of two public high schools in Newton, Massachusetts, with about 1,800 students, the other being Newton South High School. It is located in the village of New…
The Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts, United States is located in the downtown area near Government Center and Chinatown.
Edmund Rice (c. 1594 – 3 May 1663), was an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony born in Suffolk, England. He lived in Stanstead, Suffolk and Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire before sailing with his family to America. He landed in the Massachusetts …
Wilmington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
The Roxbury Latin School, which was founded in Roxbury, Massachusetts by the Rev. John Eliot under a charter received from King Charles I of England is the longest school in continuous existence in North America.
Lasell College (LC) is a private, non-sectarian, coeducational college located in the Newton, Massachusetts, United States, village of Auburndale.
Eliot House is one of twelve residential houses for upperclassmen at Harvard University and one of the seven original houses at the College.
West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston bordered by Roslindale to the northeast, the Towns of Dedham and Needham to the west and south, the Town of Brookline to the north, and the City of Newton to the west. West Roxbury is often mistakenly confuse…
Perkins School for the Blind, in Watertown, Massachusetts, is the oldest school for the blind in the United States. It has also been known as the Perkins Institution for the Blind. On October 15, 2012, the global NGO (non-governmental organization) …
Framingham State University (FSU) is located in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States, 20 miles from Boston.