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Wat Nawamintararachutis

Wat Nawamintararachutis (Thai: วัดนวมินทรราชูทิศ) is a working Thai Theravada Buddhist temple or "wat" in Raynham, Massachusetts, which is about 45 minutes south of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is one of only a handful of Thai Buddhist temples in the United States with actual Thai Buddhist monks in residence. Constructed on 35 acres (140,000 m2) previously occupied by a farm, it opened its doors to the public in June 2014. It is one of two Thai temples in Massachusetts; the other one is Wat Boston Buddha Vararam. History The ground breaking ceremony for the temple took place on 5–6 May 2011. Construction was scheduled to start late June – July 2011. The 110,000 square-foot temple was opened to the public in June 2014. Description The temple was designed by architect Been Z. Wang and features limestone from Jerusalem, concrete panels from Canada, Ludowici clay roof tiles, and statues and light ornaments from Thailand. The temple can hold 700 people in the main worship space, and includes community rooms and lodging for monks and visitors, and a museum dedicated to King Bhumibol Adulyadej. A 4,000 lb statue of Buddha was placed in the building after completion. The temple was named Wat Nawamin in honor of King Rama IX of Thailand, who was born on December 5, 1927 near Boston, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (at the Mount Auburn Hospital). At the time, the king's father lived in Brookline, Massachusetts and was a medical student at Harvard Medical School. The temple is considered to be the largest Thai Buddhist meditation center outside Thailand. See also Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, Redwood Valley, California San Fran Dhammaram Temple, San Francisco Vajiradhammapadip Temple, Centereach and Mount Vernon in New York Wat Boston Buddha Vararam, Bedford, Massachusetts Wat Buddhananachat of Austin, Del Valle, Texas Wat Buddhasamakeevanaram, Bossier City, Louisiana Wat Buddhanusorn, Fremont, California Wat Carolina Buddhajakra Vanaram, Bolivia, North Carolina Wat Florida Dhammaram, Kissimmee, Florida Wat Mettāvarānaṁ, Valley Center, California Wat Mongkolratanaram, Berkeley, California Wat Mongkolratanaram, Tampa, Florida Wat Pasantidhamma, Carrollton, Virginia Buddhism in the United States References External links Opening ceremonies photo album Official blog Official Website
Water Shops Armory

The Water Shops Armory, located at 1 Allen Street, was a part of the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Developed beginning in 1857, it served as the heavy manufacturing complex for the armory. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Description and history The main armory stretched over two city blocks in what was known as the Hill Shops (where the National Historic Site now is accompanied by the Springfield Technical Community College which occupies most of the 22 original buildings). About one mile (1.6 km) south, on the Mill River, the United States Army built the Water Shops where the heavy metal forging and machining was done as well as gun stock shaping. It was located there to take advantage of the water power supplied by the Mill River. The complex consists of several buildings, most of them connected into one large grouping, set in part astride the river below the dam that impounds Watershops Pond. When the armory was established in 1794, the Mill River was where it established a series of early workshops, at three different falls. In the 1850s, these facilities were reorganized into a single site, with the first of the present buildings built in 1857. Over the next four years, additional buildings augmented the capabilities of the site, giving it sufficient capacity to meet the armory's heavy manufacturing needs. The dam and canal were built to raise the level of Watershops Pond, and new turbines were installed to provide 300 horsepower for the facilities. The Water Shops complex is now a privately owned industrial site. The main building was severely damaged on Friday June 17, 1988, when a fire destroyed part of the top floors. The building was built in two different sections: the first was built in 1858, and the second section, which paralleled Allen Street and was built in 1901, is where the fire happened. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Springfield, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampden County, Massachusetts List of military installations in Massachusetts References External links Image before the fire Water Shops Armory Forge Building MACRIS Listing Water Shops Armory Machine Shop MACRIS Listing Water Shops Armory Main Storehouse MACRIS Listing Water Shops Armory Manufacturing MACRIS Listing Water Shops Armory Storehouse MACRIS Listing
Water Wizz

Water Wizz, touted as "Cape Cod's only water park", is a family-owned water park located in East Wareham, Massachusetts, and attracting about 100,000 visitors yearly. This park is not to be confused with the former Water Wizz in Westerly, Rhode Island, which was separately owned and was closed in 2019. History The park opened in 1982, with three serpentine slides and two speed slides. The serpentine slides are Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Bob, and Hurricane Carol, and the speed slides are Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Hugo. The five slides make up Hurricane Hill. In 1984, the park added bumper boats and an 18-hole mini-golf course which were later razed. Cartland of Cape Cod now holds the mini golf course and bumper boats at their location right down the road from Water Wizz. In 1989, the park added its first tube ride, The Canal, and a lazy river, Herring Run River. In 1993, a lily pad walk and kiddie pool was added, named Harpoon Lagoon, and speed slide Pirates Plunge, later renamed to Pipeline Plunge was added as well. Devils Peak, later renamed to Squid Row was added in 1995, which are two speed slides that use a tube. The Mussel Beach Wave Pool was added in 2000, and Captain Kids Island was added in 2008. In 2013, three tube slides, named Thunder Falls after the park they came from, were relocated to Water Wizz. The other slides are two speed slides that are 61 feet tall, named Devils Peak. The slides took the name from two other slides at Water Wizz, which are now renamed to Squid Row. In 2019, one of the park's managers announced plans to expand. Popular culture Water Wizz was used as a location for two consecutive scenes in the 2010 film Grown Ups. The park also appeared by name and playing a larger part in the 2013 film The Way, Way Back. References External links Official website Water Wizz on Ultimate Waterpark.com
Watertown Bridge

The Watertown Bridge is a five-lane bridge over the Charles River, carrying Massachusetts State Route 16 (SR 16) and Galen Street. It connects Watertown Square on the north side and Watertown Yard on the south side of Watertown, Massachusetts. Pedestrian walkways line each side. History Beginning as a ford, this river crossing has been spanned by bridges since 1641. The current span dates from 1907. Previous bridges date from 1647, 1667, and 1719. The 1994 film The River Wild opens with Meryl Streep rowing downstream under the Watertown Bridge. See also List of crossings of the Charles River References Information engraved on the bridge The River Wild History of the Town of Weston, Massachusetts, 1630-1890 by Daniel S. Lamson Historic Bridges of the U.S.: Watertown Bridge
Watertown High School (Massachusetts)

Watertown High School (WHS) is the local high school, built in 1925, for Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. The school is home to the Watertown Raiders, who are best known for their varsity field hockey and boys' basketball programs. Watertown's colors are black and red. The school newspaper is the Raider Times. On May 8, 1930, ex-President Calvin Coolidge was received at the school as town celebrated its 300th anniversary. As a part of the celebration, a national radio program was broadcast from the high school marking the momentous anniversary. The demolition of the old Watertown High School building began on November 13, 2023. With the construction scheduled to finish in time for the 2026 school year. The new Watertown Highschool total project budget as provided by the district is $201,461,673. Sports Watertown High has brought home several sports championships, as well as the state championships of 2007, 2009, 2018 and making it again in 2022, losing to St. Marys for boys' basketball. Watertown has had many state, Middlesex, and Division II championships from girls field hockey. Girls field hockey won the state tournament against Oakmont Regional High School in 2009; the final score was 1–0. They also beat Auburn in 2010 (1-0) and Oakmont again in 2011, and winning it in 2021, 2022, 2023. Watertown Field Hockey has 21 State Championships. . Watertown boys' hockey won the Division III State Championship in 2015. The Watertown Football team have 2 Conference Championships in 2015 and 2016. On October 21, 2015, the girls' field hockey team set a new high school national record by winning their 154th consecutive game. Watertown Field Hockey Watertown Field Hockey has won 21 State Championships in the state of Massachusetts. As Of December 2023, The team has won 3 State Championships in a row twice: in 2009, 2010, and 2011 and again in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Coach Eileen Donahue has 750+ coaching wins with Watertown and is 1 of 8 coaches in U.S. History. Watertown Field Hockey is #1 nationally ranked for 184 games undefeated, #1 nationally ranked for 124 consecutive wins, and #1 national record for 41 consecutive shutouts. Notable alumni Bob Cappadona, former NFL running back Eliza Dushku, actress and model Mark Roopenian, NFL player George Yankowski, former Major League Baseball player for Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox References
Wayside Inn (Arlington, Massachusetts)

The Wayside Inn, once known as the Cutter House, is a historic house in Arlington, Massachusetts. The house was built circa 1750 in a simple Georgian style, and is the only half-house of that period still extant in Arlington. The house may have been used as stagecoach stop; it was owned in the 19th century by Philip Whittemore, who also owned a hotel nearer the center. The name "Wayside Inn" was not applied to the building until the 20th century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington, Massachusetts References
Webster-Lane House

The Webster-Lane House is a historic house in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The two-story wood-frame Greek Revival house was built sometime before 1845, when it first appears on city maps. It was occupied by Nathaniel Webster, a hotel proprietor and ice dealer, between at least 1851 and 1860. It was also occupied, from at least 1869 until 1900, buy Samuel R. Lane, a major merchant and shipper of fish products. Some of the house's Greek Revival features, most notably its columned porch, are unique in the city. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts References
Weeks Cemetery

Weeks Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the corner of Sudbury Street and Concord Road in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The cemetery was established in 1837, as one of several neighborhood burying grounds established in the city in the first half of the 19th century. It is organized around 34 family plots, only two of which post-date 1934. More than 100 people are buried there, including in unmarked graves. It is bounded by a typical New England fieldstone wall that probably dates to early in the cemetery's history. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Marlborough, Massachusetts References External links Media related to Weeks Cemetery (Marlborough, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons
Weeks Junior High School

The former Weeks Junior High School, also known as John Wingate Weeks Junior High School, is a historic school located at 7 Hereward Road, corner of Rowena Road in the village of Newton Center in Newton, Massachusetts. Built in 1930, it was named for John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860 – July 12, 1926), who was mayor of Newton 1903–1904 before becoming a United States representative from Massachusetts from 1905 to 1913, a United States Senator from 1913 to 1919, and the United States Secretary of War from 1921 to 1925. He also was a co-founder in 1888 of the investment firm Hornblower & Weeks. His son Sinclair Weeks was mayor of Newton when the school was opened. Weeks Junior High School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Today the former Weeks Junior High School building is John W. Weeks House, a HUD apartment complex owned by the city and managed by the Newton Community Development Foundation, Inc. Gallery See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts References External links HABS architectural drawings, notes and photographs are available by going to HABS search page and entering Weeks Junior High School in the search.
Weld Boathouse

Weld Boathouse is a Harvard University-owned building on the bank of the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The current structure was designed by Peabody and Stearns and is named for George Walker Weld, who donated the funds for its construction. History Weld Boathouse is the second of two boathouses built at this location along the Charles River near Harvard by George Walker Weld. The first was built in 1889. The second, current structure was built in 1906–1907 to a design by Peabody and Stearns with funds that Weld bequeathed for that purpose. The construction cost $100,000. Although previously used for Harvard men's freshmen crew team, Weld Boathouse is currently the home of the heavyweight and lightweight crews of Harvard's varsity women's rowing. These programs retain the title of Radcliffe Women's Crew, a reminder of the phased merger of Radcliffe College into Harvard University during the latter part of the 20th century. Additionally, Weld Boathouse is home to Harvard's recreational sculling program and the House Crews of Harvard College's twelve residential colleges. Graduate rowing programs also use Weld. Harvard men's rowing uses Newell Boathouse on the Boston side of the river. The boathouse is situated at the halfway point of the Head of the Charles Regatta. Until recent decades, rowing and sculling used finely crafted wooden boats. In that tradition, Weld was home to the hand-carving of a traditional baidarka of the type used by Aleutian hunters. Anderson Memorial Bridge Next to the boathouse is the Anderson Memorial Bridge built in 1913 by Weld's niece Isabel Weld Perkins and her husband Larz Anderson. This bridge was designed with "a high enough arch to admit the passage of all sorts of pleasure craft." Both the Weld Boathouse and the Anderson Memorial Bridge were funded by heirs to the fortune of 19th century magnate William Fletcher Weld. Gallery See also Harvard Crimson List of Charles River boathouses References Other sources Harvard Crimson 2/4/1981 "Blaze Burns Weld Boathouse, Causes Little Serious Damage" by Paul Jefferson and Thomas J. Meyer Harvard Magazine November-December 1998, "The Welds of Harvard Yard" by associate editor Craig A. Lambert Archived 2006-11-08 at the Wayback Machine Jamaica Plain Historical Society, "The Weld Family" Project Gutenberg, Book of Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain by Harriet Manning Whitcomb External links Official website
Weldon Hotel

The Weldon Hotel is a historic former hotel at 54 High Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1905 and enlarged several times, it was one of the first poured concrete buildings in the United States, and was one of Greenfield's grandest hotels of the early 20th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Description and history The former Weldon Hotel stands in what is a mainly residential area northeast of downtown Greenfield, on the west side of High Street. It is a five-story structure, built out of poured and block concrete on a raised basement. It is framed in iron, with floors and walls of poured concrete finished in blocks of varying texture. The lower levels have rusticated finish, and the upper levels have a smooth finish. Bowed window bays project at the building corners, and there are balconies in some side-facing units. The hotel was designed by William B. Reid, an architect from Holyoke. The first part of the building was built in 1905 as an apartment house, but was converted into a hotel in 1907. F. O. Wells, the proprietor, was thought to be overly ambitious in operating such a large hotel, but his business eventually improved in the 1910s with the opening of the Mohawk Trail. It is said the name "Weldon" comes as a contraction of "Well Done". In 1914 Wells added a dining room on the north side of the building, and in 1927 added sixty rooms above that addition. When traffic on the Mohawk Trail went into decline, the hotel also declined, and closed in 1977. The building has since been converted into a senior living facility. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Massachusetts East Main-High Street Historic District, just south of the hotel References External links Media related to Weldon Hotel at Wikimedia Commons
Wellesley Farms station

Wellesley Farms station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Wellesley, Massachusetts. It serves the Framingham/Worcester Line. It is located in the Wellesley Farms area. The station building, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1886 and constructed in 1890, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as Wellesley Farms Railroad Station in 1986. History The Boston & Worcester Railroad (B&W), extending outwards from Boston, reached through the West Parish of Needham in mid-1834. Rice's Crossing station opened as a flag stop north of Glen Road soon afterward. In 1839, the line was double tracked through the area. Wellesley Farms station, which was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson prior to his death in 1886, opened south of Glen Road to replace Rice's Crossing in 1890. Like many B&A stations, it had attractive landscaping; Charles Mulford Robinson called it "unique, and to be remembered" in 1904. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. In July 2004, the MBTA closed a paved crossing between the crossings in response to concerns about safety. Similar crossings exist at some other MBTA stations, but the agency's policy is to eliminate grade crossings whenever possible when building or renovating stations. In June 2021, the MBTA issued a $28 million design contract for a project to add a third track from Weston to Framingham, including reconstruction of the three Wellesley stations and West Natick station. The project was expected to cost around $400 million, of which rebuilding Wellesley Farms station would be $34 million, with completion in 2030. In May 2024, the MBTA listed Wellesley Farms as one of seven stations that would require "complex solutions" to be made accessible. References External links Media related to Wellesley Farms station at Wikimedia Commons MBTA - Wellesley Farms Google Maps Street View: Croton Street entrance, Glen Road entrance, Hundreds Road entrance
Wellesley Hills Branch Library

The Wellesley Hills Branch Library is a historic library building at 210 Washington Street in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The stone building was designed in 1927 by Hampton F. Shirer, whose plans were developed from the sketches of the late Ralph H. Hannaford, and completed in 1928. The Colonial Revival building is L-shaped, with single story above a raised basement. It is faced in local fieldstone. The main block has a five-bay side-gable configuration with a projecting entry pavilion. It is the town's first purpose-built branch library. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts References External links Wellesley Free Library
Wellesley Town Hall

Wellesley Town Hall is located at 525 Washington Street in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Occupying a prominent location in Hunnewell Park near the town's central business district, this Romanesque stone building was designed by Shaw & Hunnewell and built between 1881 and 1886. Its construction was funded by, and was built on land donated by, H. H. Hunnewell. The east end of the building, which was finished first, was opened as the public library in 1883, the initial collection of which was also funded by Hunnewell. The building is a striking example of the then-fashionable Richardsonian Romanesque, although it also exhibits French Chateau features seen by the architects during travels in Europe. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts References
Wellfleet Center Historic District

The Wellfleet Center Historic District is a historic district in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, United States. It encompasses resources that exemplify the development of the community, beginning in the late 18th century, as a thriving commercial maritime center, and then its rise as a summer resort community in the late 19th century. Buildings in the district include Cape-style houses from the mid-18th century, 19th century commercial and institutional buildings in the town center, and the 1880s summer estate of Lorenzo Dow Baker. The district is roughly bounded by Cross St., Holbrook Ave., Main, E. Main and School Streets, and Duck Creek, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts References
Wellfleet Drive-In Theater

The Wellfleet Drive-In Theater, the only drive-in theater on Cape Cod, located in Wellfleet, Massachusetts along U.S. Route 6, near the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. The complex offers first-run double features in season, with other attractions such as indoor cinemas, a flea market, a miniature golf course, and restaurants. The Drive-In is one of the venues for the annual Provincetown International Film Festival in Provincetown, Massachusetts . Frommer's lists the Drive-In as one of the "500 Places to See Before They Disappear" and Travel and Leisure selected it as a Top Ten Retro Escape. History Its original owners, John Jentz and Charlie Zehnder, opened the drive-in on July 3, 1957. It has a 100-by-44-foot (30 m × 13 m) screen, with sound provided by both an FM stereo signal and the original individual monaural speakers that can be attached to a car's window. The mini-golf features obstacles that date back to 1961. The cinema was built in the 1980s; according to Eleanor Hazen, its owner at the time, one of the reasons the cinema was built is that film distributors started refusing to allow drive-ins to show first-run feature films. See also List of drive-in theaters Companies portal Theatre portal Film portal References External links Wellfleet Cinemas
Wellington–Castner House

The Wellington–Castner House is a historic house in Waltham, Massachusetts. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. History One of the last houses built on Trapelo Road before the advent of suburban subdivision of the area, it was built for Charles Lowell Wellington in 1902, whose family owned land in the area from the 17th century. Architecture The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house has simple, vernacular, Queen Anne styling; The house is three bays wide, with a front-facing pedimented gable, and a single-story hip-roofed porch with gable over the stairs, supported by square posts. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Waltham, Massachusetts References