Bow Street Historic District
The Bow Street Historic District encompasses a mixed 19th-century commercial-residential in the Union Square area of Somerville, Massachusetts.

The Bow Street Historic District encompasses a mixed 19th-century commercial-residential in the Union Square area of Somerville, Massachusetts. It covers a part of the west side of Union Square that saw significant development during the city's growth in the 19th century, and has remained well-preserved since then. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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Worth seeing in and around Bow Street Historic District
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636, and named Harvard College in 1639 in honor of its first benefactor, Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.
1.7 km · private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 02Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1861 to advance "useful knowledge", the university has played a significant role in the development of many areas of technology and science.
2.5 km · private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, founded 1861 · Wikipedia - 03Boston University
Boston University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodists with its original campus in Newbury, Vermont.
3.6 km · private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 04TD Garden
TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995.
3.4 km · multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 05Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, as well as Talloires, France. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning.
3.3 km · private research university in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 06Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is the law school of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United States.
1.7 km · law school of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 07Harvard College Observatory
The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, and was founded in 1839.
2.5 km · observatory · Wikipedia - 08Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, previously known as the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, is an astrophysics research institute jointly operated by the Harvard College Observatory and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, the CfA leads a broad program of research in astronomy, astrophysics, Earth and space sciences, as well as science education.
2.5 km · astronomical observatory in Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 09Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is a research institute of the Smithsonian Institution, concentrating on astrophysical studies including galactic and extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, solar, earth and planetary sciences, theory and instrumentation, using observations at wavelengths from the highest energy gamma rays to the radio, along with gravitational waves. Established in Washington, D.C., in 1890, the SAO moved its headquarters in 1955 to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where its research is a collaboration with the Harvard College Observatory and the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.
2.5 km · astronomical observatory · Wikipedia - 10Harvard College
Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University. It is administered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
1.7 km · undergraduate college of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bow Street Historic District
- Airports
- Boston Logan (BOS), 8 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 78 km · Bradley (BDL), 140 km
- Stations
- North Station, 3.4 km · Bowdoin station, 3.7 km
- Providence/Warwick → Bow Street Historic District68 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · $7–9
- Portland → Bow Street Historic District3142 km · quickest by road, 53h 23m · $315–435
- Hartford → Bow Street Historic District13 km · quickest by road, 25 min · $1–1.5
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bow Street Historic District
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bow Street Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe F4 water taxi runs between Long Wharf and the Charlestown Navy Yard.
From Wikivoyage: Boston/Charlestown, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bow Street Historic District
Bow Street Historic District is 4 km from Boston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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