Mount Vernon Street Historic District
The Mount Vernon Street Historic District is a historic district consisting of the even-numbered houses at 8–24 Mount Vernon Street in Somerville, Massachusetts.
The Mount Vernon Street Historic District is a historic district consisting of the even-numbered houses at 8–24 Mount Vernon Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. The district includes four modest Greek Revival houses built c. 1850, an earlier Federal period house, and a late 19th century Second Empire house, representing a progression of housing styles through the 19th century. The houses at 8, 12, 16, and 20 Mount Vernon are all well conserved Greek Revival 1+1⁄2-story buildings with side hall layout, although #12 has had synthetic siding applied. The house at #16 has preserved more of its exterior detailing than the others, while #20 is distinctive for its use of flushboard siding, giving the house the appearance of ashlar masonry work. Behind the house at #12 is a second house that is some external Greek Revival styling, but has a five bay center entrance layout more typical of the Federal period; it is known to predate the house in front of it. The duplex at 22–24 Mount Vernon has a mansard roof characteristic of the Second Empire style; its construction date is estimated to be c. 1880.
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Worth seeing in and around Mount Vernon 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.
3.3 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. It is one of the institutes of technology in the United States for the advancement of science and engineering.
3 km · private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, founded 1861 · Wikipedia - 03TD 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.
2.6 km · multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 04Harvard 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.
3.3 km · law school of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 05Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1848. The Boston Public Library is also Massachusetts' Library for the Commonwealth, meaning all adult residents of the state are entitled to borrowing and research privileges, and the library receives state funding.
3.3 km · library system in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 06John F. Kennedy School of Government
The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly called the Harvard Kennedy School, is the graduate school of public policy of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The Harvard Kennedy School offers master's degrees in public policy, public administration, and international development, four doctoral degrees, and various executive education programs.
3.8 km · school of public administration of Harvard University · Wikipedia - 07Harvard College
Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University. It is administered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
3.3 km · undergraduate college of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 08Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1879. In 1999, it was fully incorporated into Harvard College.
3.7 km · women's college in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1879-1999) · Wikipedia - 09Suffolk University
Suffolk University is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. With 7,560 students on all campuses, it is the tenth-largest university in metropolitan Boston.
3.3 km · private university located in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 10Boston Garden
The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928, as "Boston Madison Square Garden" and outlived its original namesake by 30 years.
2.7 km · indoor arena in Boston, Massachusetts, USA between 1928-1997 · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mount Vernon Street Historic District
- Airports
- Boston Logan (BOS), 6 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 79 km · Bradley (BDL), 142 km
- Providence/Warwick → Mount Vernon Street Historic District82 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · $8–11
- Portland → Mount Vernon Street Historic District4073 km · quickest by air, 8h 51m · $440–670
- Hartford → Mount Vernon Street Historic District149 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · $13–18
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- Get inThe F4 water taxi runs between Long Wharf and the Charlestown Navy Yard.
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